Sleep Emote

[Canadane]

I believe someone said there was at one time a sleep anywhere emote, but it began being used for less than wholesome purposes in town, so doze only works around a bed now. Something like that.

There was never an option to use it anywhere.
It's just a reason it hasn't been allowed to be anywhere.

Not that this stops people with /playdead and other emotes though.

[Bright-Flower]

Sounds weird to me if it's true because the /playdead emote can be used for similar purposes if someone really wants a laying on the ground emote.

[Recon1o6]

I don't think regular players should miss out on something just because it might be abused by a portion of the player base.

yup, sadly tis why slow mo for gpose got quietly dropped until yoshida was asked

which is pointless- there's 3rd party posing tools already for the erp "players" if they want an nsfw pose

[Caurcas]

Yet the push up emote exist. Shameful display.

[Sauteed]

There was never an option to use it anywhere.
It's just a reason it hasn't been allowed to be anywhere.

Not that this stops people with /playdead and other emotes though.

Good to know. I was just saying what I got told at one time about it. I was(still am) in an all lala linkshell and we were chatting in Mor Dhona and I think one asked why they couldn't sleep on a bench.. conversation got bizarro pretty fast.

[Raven2014]

I think there’s a difference between irl laws and fantasy game rules.

Blame the culture of liability for that. It would be nice and all if each instance of violation is treated locally specifically to the offender. But what will more than likely happen is some kind of lawsuit claiming the developers are liable for not policing their game well and must take responsibility for all wrong doing on their platform ... and you bet tons of people gonna be on the band wagon because it makes them feel good.

Can't blame the dev for playing it safe.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Blame the culture of liability for that. It would be nice and all if each instance of violation is treated locally specifically to the offender. But what will more than likely happen is some kind of lawsuit claiming the developers are liable for not policing their game well and must take responsibility for all wrong doing on their platform ... and you bet tons of people gonna be on the band wagon because it makes them feel good.

Can't blame the dev for playing it safe.

I mean like other people have pointed out, the play dead emote exists, the push up emote exists.

[_Pigzig]

play dead
You gotta pay for it now

[Kacho_Nacho]

Hmm... I don't recall there ever being a /sleep emote which could be used everywhere. We've just had the /doze emote which is limited to beds.

Whether or not FFXIV doesn't have a /sleep emote because of ERPers is irrelevant to me. By itself, a /sleep emote isn't a particularly interesting emote. I'd rather see emotes which would be more fun, such as /bubblegum.

[Theodric]

I think it's entirely subjective as to whether a sleep emote is interesting or not. Personally I'd rather have more emotes that contribute to immersion and role-play than those that further push the game into feeling more like modern day elements are inserted into it purely for the sake of having them there.

For example, a sleep emote could easily be useful to have a character fall asleep next to a campfire out in the bitterly cold wilds of Coerthas or Garlemald.

I see no reason, however, why both a sleep emote and a bubblegum emote couldn't be added.