Can't believe I have to say this...

[KurohNeko]

Fix fashion accessories. The minion disappears when you use them. If I interact with anything they come off. Can't use mounts with them. I don't see the logistical problem with me wearing sunglasses and riding a chocobo or even fighting. I get with an umbrella or something but are my wings really getting in the way of me hitting something? Other games have this shit sorted. Why do I have to constantly be re-enabling them? At least set an auto-re-enable for when it comes off due to an action or something. At this point they're just glorified AFK cosmetics I forget exist.

Do better.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Fix fashion accessories. The minion disappears when you use them. If I interact with anything they come off. Can't use mounts with them. I don't see the logistical problem with me wearing sunglasses and riding a chocobo or even fighting. I get with an umbrella or something but are my wings really getting in the way of me hitting something? Other games have this shit sorted. Why do I have to constantly be re-enabling them? At least set an auto-re-enable for when it comes off due to an action or something. At this point they're just glorified AFK cosmetics I forget exist.

Do better.

Because they are more like mounts, Summoned for use rather than an appearance item.

Same reason you can't have a mount and minion at the same time.

[KurohNeko]

Because they are more like mounts, Summoned for use rather than an appearance item.

Same reason you can't have a mount and minion at the same time.

Yet these are called, fashion accessories any other game with them has them as an appearance item.

[Rolder50]

Because they are more like mounts, Summoned for use rather than an appearance item.

Same reason you can't have a mount and minion at the same time.

I don't think he's interested in the *technical reason* it's like this, and I agree that fashion accessories are basically pointless as they work now.

[Jojoya]

SE isn't unaware of the shortcomings. They've brought some of them up themselves. How long will it take them to address them? Have no idea.

A bit curious - what MMO has a Fashion Accessory style system (short of those using a gear slot to replace gear with some sort of cosmetic item). I can't remember any other MMO where I was able to use an umbrella/parasol.

[Arkfrost]

SE thinks FFXIV is a screenshot simulator, and for that purpose fashion accessories are perfectly fine.
However, if you look at FFXIV as a MMORPG, with LIVE social interaction and LIVE roleplay, fashion accessories were one of the biggest wastes of resources that were funneled into this game so far, because it's clunky and horribly implemented.

[Deveryn]

Frankly, it's better that minions disappear when using accessories. First thing I think of is the minion sitting on the same shoulder you're resting the umbrella on. Is it really so bad that you can't have all these things going on at once or do folks want to look like cluttered messes?

[GrizzlyTank]

SE isn't unaware of the shortcomings. They've brought some of them up themselves. How long will it take them to address them? Have no idea.

A bit curious - what MMO has a Fashion Accessory style system (short of those using a gear slot to replace gear with some sort of cosmetic item). I can't remember any other MMO where I was able to use an umbrella/parasol.

WoW's and GW2 got toy-boxes.

[Knot_D]

By the way, it took them 3 YEARS for making that

[Jojoya]

WoW's and GW2 got toy-boxes.

I'm familiar with WoW's toys (at least those in the game up through the end of Legion) but can't think of any that are close to par with what Fashion Accessories are designed to do. Fashion Accessories are generally allowing us to retain our current appearance while adding in a new element. The WoW toys that affected appearance were either changing character appearance entirely or only "tinting" it so it was still the same model/gear but shaded or given a glow.

If you have the names of newer WoW toys that have an equivalent function to Fashion Accessories, it would be great if you could share them so I could look them up. I'm curious.

I have no idea how GW2 toys work so can't comment there but would also appreciate it if names could be shared so I can look them up.