We need more options at the barber

[Illmaeran]

I have two more phials and I'm not afraid to use them! >;v

What about the ones hidden in the back of the toilet, or the one in your desk at work? Did you count those too?

[Faafetai]

Imagine having such an identity crisis that one have to alter ones appearance like someone would change clothes. /s

In swotor you could literally change anything you wanted even race with cartel coins you get from paying the subscription even body type so you could simulate working out on your character or growing older. I would like to fix something if I messed up in character creator like I had done when making the same character from one faction to the other, I think I got a color or skin wrong I was slightly off a shade. Square has you pay a money transaction to fix this if you generally just messed up or are not happy with your ears or something looking weirder in game or in cutscenes.

I however kind of agree with you on this a bit my friend is always worried about which hair looks better if her nose is just right or lips are too big. Though seeing many and speaking to numerous people who have a fanta addiction it really confused me. I suppose to each their own, but god the money square is making on that alone. I want to see those numbers god someone said they spent hundreds and thousands of dollars on it. Captain Ahab would lose his mind out in these waters.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

Yup, you should not need a fantasia for breast reduction.

Lucky for you, wearing the right clothes already got you covered (also reduced).

[Padudu]

Yup, you should not need a fantasia for breast reduction.

It's called being a Lalafell smh

We only have EAR sliders ffs

[Siddiax]

Yup, you should not need a fantasia for breast reduction.

Or to make your skin color a bit darker/lighter... or putting on colored contact lenses...

[Hanayumi]

They mentioned at least eye color being a possible option like ages ago but haven't heard of anything about it since...

[Fayt1203]

They mentioned at least eye color being a possible option like ages ago but haven't heard of anything about it since...

I think last time it was brought up with Yoshi he talked about adding Eye lens to change the color but at the cost of the head gear don't remember if he talked about adding it to Aesthetician.

[Kemiko]

Considering the aesthetician or even glamour weren't things original in FFXIV or even A Realm Reborn, the argument for fantasia income already has action against that very argument.
You had to use a fantasia to change anything about your character originally. Hairstyle, hair color, make-up, etc. all of that was fantasia only. This was eased up on with the introduction of the aesthetician (which IIRC, was introduced after glamour was added and both required you to be LV50 and have completed the 2.0 MSQ back then). Adding more options to the aesthetician (as they've been adding hairstyles and preset additional options for newer species like Au Ra) don't at all sound implausible to me.

[Greyhawk]

The more and more they discuss what they can and cannot do with regard to the aesthetics of the game just brings me back to the nightmare that is SWTOR game engine. It was originally purchased already as a discontinued version (Hero) and was hacked to absolute death just to get it working for the game. Any update to the game engine would literally break the game.

It seems like SE's own game engine for FFXIV is really no different, and it's their own proprietary game engine (Crystal). How much Yoshi-P talks about having to sacrifice one thing for another, or how they can't do it because of game engine limitations just takes me down the same path of frustration as it did with SWTOR. I was frankly absolutely surprised they announced some graphics updates to the game with this engine that clearly isn't optimized from 10 years ago, just like SWTOR.

Hopefully, companies in the future with other releases, including these two mentioned will swallow some pride for a change and either update their own engine to accommodate what they build keeping updates/upgrades in mind, or buying the licenses to use the game engines out there that will do it for them. I know they want to keep costs down, but if you want to build a product that's going to last your loyal fanbase to keep your game running, upfront investment costs make sense. It's obvious they want to invest more into this game, otherwise they wouldn't have sent version 1.0 down into the depths of hell, fire and brimstone the way they did.

[Haruka_R]

We'll just wait another decade for better customization. No big deal.