Request: 2.0 Character Creation option, Left Handed.

**FlynnRider** · 07-13-2012 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by Babydoll

How bout us ambidextrous folks?

>.>

Yeah! Should be able to just equip your main weapon in either your main or off hand slot and that'll just flip your stance/animations. Not sure about when dual-weild comes into play, but I'd imagine that wouldn't complicate things too much, as that'd be it's own stance.

Anything to add diversity to our characters and the game in general. I'm all for it. Let's get a petition going.

**Carzilla** · 07-13-2012 01:05 AM

Just gonna take up more space on the hard drive

**Rannie** · 07-13-2012 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Kowen

For almost everything they could probably just mirror the regular animations.

Actually that's what Nintendo did when Twilight princess was brought out on the wii because link is really left handed except in the original because he's ambidextrous and of the legend that you must always keep your shield facing death mountain. Reason they flipped it for the wii was because most of the earth's population (which this is what nintendo said if I need to i'll find some quotation on it) was right handed.

Yeah all they would do is mirror it probably would take up a lot more memory and coding spacing though because everyone would have to have it.

**Hyrist** · 07-13-2012 03:23 AM

I'm definatly for lefties in the game. If they can work it out, it should be here. It feels odd that everyone is right handed.

Originally Posted by Rannie

"The meaning of life is 'Bucket'."

I protest! The meaning of life is OBVIOUSLY to marry a shoopuf! Your answer is clearly wrong.

**Rannie** · 07-13-2012 03:26 AM

Originally Posted by Hyrist

I'm definatly for lefties in the game. If they can work it out, it should be here. It feels odd that everyone is right handed.

I protest! The meaning of life is OBVIOUSLY to marry a shoopuf! Your answer is clearly wrong.

ROFLMAO and here i was thinking you would say 42

**AshTS** · 07-13-2012 07:55 AM

Since most of the righties don't care and they think that an option would take up too much space or be a waste of resources, fine.

Make everyone left handed in game then. Simple. Then all these hater right-handed folk can also know the glory of the Southpaw.

**NumenarMithrandir** · 07-13-2012 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by AdventZero

Just a simple request from a left handed person to the FFXIV dev team that I hope they'll really think about. It's alwase bothered me in games that let you make your own character that I could never pick to us my real main hand in game too, it seems almost unfair really, yes lefty's are rare but that doesn't mean we should be completly ignored just because of that, and with 2.0 getting a new creation system I feel this is my last chance to get to use my blade in my true main hand, my left hand.

I know that there are better things SE could focus on, but this is a now or never kind of thing, so please give it some thought.

(Not sure if general discussions is the right place for a request or not, couldn't see anywhere else that looked right).

Using both hands, I don't really have a "main hand" for anything.. I could see where you are coming from, would also add a new and exciting touch to the game. Games have always been one or the other, with 2.0 bringing so much change about... why not ^^. Soooo i love this idea!

**Alhanelem** · 07-13-2012 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by BadOmen

I like this idea, im no a developer to know if this be hard to implement but i like this idea.

It wouldn't be super hard, though it would be some extra work and extra data- you'd have to copy and mirror all animations that are characterized by a dominant hand (weapon/shield swings, spellcasting animations, hand waves, etc). I suppose a "cheap" way to do this would be to just mirror the character itself, but that would stick out on gear models that are not symmetrical.

Although I wouldn't put it really high on my priority list, this would be a nice option to have.

**Rannie** · 07-13-2012 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by AshTS

Since most of the righties don't care and they think that an option would take up too much space or be a waste of resources, fine.

Make everyone left handed in game then. Simple. Then all these hater right-handed folk can also know the glory of the Southpaw.

it's not a matter of us not caring or atleast for me it isn't. if they want to do that then whatever it's their game it will add more coding and make the files bigger. It could also make them easier to corrupt or to get buggy with all the data they're imputing. But if they want to put it in and if they do then by all means let them.

**Gramul** · 07-13-2012 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by Kowen

For almost everything they could probably just mirror the regular animations.

Depending on how they set up the FK/IK structure, that may mean they would have to mirror the entire character, possibly including all of the equipment, mounts, crafting tables, and the effects for spells and moves, basically doubling all the assets for characters.
It might just be better to make whole new animations for left handed characters if it where to be implemented.

But to be totally honest, I don't think it's worth messing with. I don't have a problem with any handed character, playing as Link never bothered me, and it would be a nice touch sure, but the effort might be disproportionate to the appreciation.

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