Feedback: Duty Portrait Resetting

[Laytnor]

The way duty portraits works right now, is frankly, inexcusable. Why does it have to reset at a drop of a hat? Change one small piece of your gear/glam? Reset. Extract/Meld a materia? Reset. Local cat catches a pigeon? Reset. It's no wonder 6 out of 8 people in my duties have default potraits, it takes a special kind of mindset to have this mess updated all the time. First 10 times, it's a fun novelty. 11th time? People just won't bother anymore.

Why can't duty portraits behave exactly like Adventure Plate portraits? You don't see Adventure Plate portraits resetting at the drop of a hat. You can wear entirely different outfit or even a job, and the portrait still stays there. So why can't you make it work exactly the same way for Duty Portraits? Who would even care if portrait wouldn't reflect the outfit a person might wear at that moment? People who care about their portraits to be updated all the time and reflect their outfits at the time of a duty down to the last detail can manually update it just like they can with Adventure Plate Portraits. People who don't would still be able to be creative and have their portraits just the way they like them, even if it isn't up to date. The only difference is that people would actually have a CHOICE. Right now there is no choice, you either make it a chore and have it manually updated every time you get into a duty, or you get your default mug displayed. I don't think there's any winners in current system compared to what it would be like if Duty Portraits behaved exactly like plate portraits.

[Arohk]

Exact reason why i stopped bothering with them.

[Nyxs]

I get so annoyed making a plate then going into a duty to see my mugshot instead of the cool plate I made

[Doozer]

Toggle hat on or off > edit and save portrait > toggle hat off or on > edit and save portrait. As long as you don't change jobs or modify your gear during that play session, it will remain correct.

[As5Hat]

yes, portraits should be retained and saved for each specific job, until a player decides to modify any existing ones. What was the purpose in implementing things the way they are now? Most people don't use it now because they don't want to save it 100 times each play session!! Fix it please.