Character Creation, Customization, and Gender

[mallleable]

I think it was Cyberpunk 2077, and maybe some other games where body features, and gender were separate options. It would be nice if it were like that in xiv.

[Lucce]

This would be a dream if I could decide whether the NPC's refers to me as a "he" or "she". Some of my oc's would really need it~

[Reimmi]

You can already have this, just say your character is they/them voila you have what you want

[Rongway]

God, sorry, this just reminded me of how much it drives me nuts whenever I'm on my Seeker guy and he's referred to as "Ser Tia," or "Lord Tia," or "Commander Tia," since it's a title rather than a surname.

I mean, I'm used to it! And honestly I think it's more funny than anything; it genuinely gives me a little chuckle every time it happens. Just, at the same time, I'm always thinking "damn...I wonder which guy he's referrin' to..." considering the vast majority of Seeker men out there adventuring should be a Tia.

Not exactly the same problem but related, I've brought the issue of Sir Surname up on the Localization Forum a few times. It's especially jarring to be referred to as Sir Surname or Master Surname when in the same breath that NPC refers to another NPC as Master Forename or Lady Forename.

[Iscah]

On a similar note it would also be nice to choose to be referred to by your forename or last name when casually being referred to by one name, (and vice versa for being referred to formally by one name) or having the option of only being referred to by both names.

I've also wished for this. It could be managed client-side since it doesn't need to be broadcast to other players, just be inserted into dialogue on your end.

The fields would probably be something like:
- casual name for close friends
- standard name that most people would address you by
- formal first name or equivalent
- formal full name
- surname or equivalent to be used in a "Mr/Ms [Surname]" construction.


So then for example for Seeker names you'd fill in Raha, G'raha, G'raha Tia as the three levels of handling "first name", the full name is also G'raha Tia and then there would have to be some new lore-rule made about which part of the name should be used in a surname situation.

It would also just be nice in general for characters who use shortened versions of their full name in most cases, and also lets you manually choose to some extent whether certain characters will start getting "close and informal" when addressing you or whether you just put the same name form into both fields.

[Iscah]

Not exactly the same problem but related, I've brought the issue of Sir Surname up on the Localization Forum a few times. It's especially jarring to be referred to as Sir Surname or Master Surname when in the same breath that NPC refers to another NPC as Master Forename or Lady Forename.

Yeah, I've noticed that a few times too. It even happens when the NPC has a known surname, so can be easily addressed by it if needed.

[TBerry]

Make your character more ambiguous?
IDK what people always imagine NBs and other more exotic genders look like, because all humans are bound to produce the same 2 hormones, which is Estrogen and Testosterone.

Plus, I'm not sure what the point is of a game catering to Americans wanting to feel special with something that only works in certain languages (English and Dutch), and how the Japanese view this whole topic anyway.

[Emitans]

Make your character more ambiguous?
IDK what people always imagine NBs and other more exotic genders look like, because all humans are bound to produce the same 2 hormones, which is Estrogen and Testosterone.

Plus, I'm not sure what the point is of a game catering to Americans wanting to feel special with something that only works in certain languages (English and Dutch), and how the Japanese view this whole topic anyway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-gender

[TBerry]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-gender

Ah, so they do have a third Gender.

[Vatom]

If they revamp the character creator and add some options like this then by all means. If they just do this and use it as an excuse not to give me something then I have a problem. All in all sure but they don’t need to drop everything to cater to one group’s problem. Fine a window where it does conflict with their workflow slide it in