So... Portraits

[ChrysOCE]

Yes.



Well adjusted people, and presumably developers of popular MMOs that don't want portaits of catgirls giving head to run them afoul of the ESRB.



"I shouldn't have to stop making juvenile porn portraits, other people should just lock themselves out of an entire feature of the game."

Grow up.



One day you'll grow out of your teens and it'll make more sense.

Oh come on. Is that the best you can do? Seriously? Making comments and assumptions about age? I'm probably older than you. Less hung up about stuff, though, it seems.

Edit - also, just as a by the by, here is the ESRB rating:
Language, Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB

Short of mods, there's nothing explicit that players can do with their portraits. Just suggestive.

[CidHeiral]

I'm probably older than you.

Sure bud.

Short of mods, there's nothing explicit that players can do with their portraits. Just suggestive.

Totally.

[Tsurayu]

Totally.

That's not explicit. That is a prime example of suggestive.

[ChrysOCE]

What cracks me up is the puritans and pearl clutchers who are so worried about sexuality and expressions of sexuality, but they are generally perfectly fine with violence and expressions of violence. Not to mention the pure hypocrisy of having sexually suggestive themes and outright stuff of SA and rape in the game. But noooooo, players having lewd adventure plates is a step too far. The horror.

[Fyrebrand]

What cracks me up is the puritans and pearl clutchers who are so worried about sexuality and expressions of sexuality, but they are generally perfectly fine with violence and expressions of violence. Not to mention the pure hypocrisy of having sexually suggestive themes and outright stuff of SA and rape in the game. But noooooo, players having lewd adventure plates is a step too far. The horror.

I don't know what you mean, FFXIV is just a wholesome children's game.

[Fyrebrand]

Short of mods, there's nothing explicit that players can do with their portraits. Just suggestive.

Totally.

But... that thing is obviously just a weapon handle or something in reality, though. It's the dictionary definition of "suggestive." Our characters aren't anatomically accurate, and we literally can't get naked, so it's impossible to have "explicit" portraits.

It also seems to be a demonstration of the futility of portrait restrictions, when something like this is allowed but OP's portrait isn't. I seem to recall seeing that one pretty early on, maybe before the restrictions were enacted, but I bet it still probably works today.

[CidHeiral]

But... that thing is obviously just a weapon handle or something in reality, though.

The point was that their attempt to play it off as "oh well they're just suggesting the act so it doesn't count," as if there's any other way to interpret a dude clearly designed to be jerking off, is disingenuous.

It also seems to be a demonstration of the futility of portrait restrictions, when something like this is allowed but OP's portrait isn't.

It was from before they dropped the hammer. Portraits like that are why OP is now dealing with a difficult system.

What cracks me up is the puritans and pearl clutchers who are so worried about sexuality and expressions of sexuality, but they are generally perfectly fine with violence and expressions of violence.

Ah yes, the puritan accusation and whataboutism. Indeed, anyone who doesn't jump for joy at terminally horny people shoving their unhinged behavior in everyone's face, in a game rated for 13-year-olds and up, must be a puritan.

Not to mention the pure hypocrisy of having sexually suggestive themes and outright stuff of SA and rape in the game. But noooooo, players having lewd adventure plates is a step too far. The horror.

Anyone with a functioning frontal lobe can understand the difference. Either you're making excuses to justify your own unsavory behavior to yourself or the concept is actually beyond you. Either way, I don't see much point in continuing this circular discussion on a settled matter. The lewd portraits are banned, and rightfully so.

[ChrysOCE]

Lol you keep clutching those pearls sweetheart. All you want to do is shout down anyone opposed to your view and make assumptions and cast aspertions. Good discussion.

[Remember_The_Name]

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Give the community a way to express themselves and eventually someone will draw a dick. It is just the way of life, unfortunately.
The only thing people can do is moderate this stuff properly and quickly (which is already happenning thankfully)

I think that "blame the community that we can't have nice things" is a bit incorrect. From the very beginning of Adventurer Plates people were predicting that someone is gonna post their character in 2B bottoms with their back towards the camera. And, as was shown in that screen you linked, people definetly went above and beyond in terms of degeneracy. It was just bound to happen, because a certain portion of the people just can't help themselves. Once again, proper moderation and strict rules are the way. But SE, in their usual fashion, overcorrected this and now we encounter silly problems like the OP had.

Realistically, what SE could've done, is to unstuck their heads from their arses and do some proper work on the Portrait system. It is absolutely silly how toggling your weapon/hat/visor on and off breaks the portrait completely. Freaking melding materia into your gear breaks the portrait. The actual F...?
And also adjust the camera restrictions to work properly so the system doesn't block Portrait when there are clearly nothing wrong (just like OP).

[Tahbitha]

Totally.

I laughed when I looked at this. I'm not sure what that says about me, TBH.