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  1. #1
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    juicybug's Avatar
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    Sophia Bettencourt
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    Sargatanas
    Main Class
    Red Mage Lv 91

    It's time to update/revamp character customization

    Firstly I want to apologise if my wording isn't great or if I use the wrong terms. Feel free to correct me. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Hopefully this won't be immediately buried

    With the new graphics update now out, something that I've felt strongly about for years. I hope I am not alone.
    I will try to cover related topics on character customization & perhaps how to improve what's already there.

    The reason I felt like bringing this all up, is with the graphics "update" it makes the existing options/ choices feel even more outdated. And the update makes it more evident that it could use some dusting off.
    Also: It's 100% okay if you like it as is, in that case this isn't aimed at those who are content with what we have, but please feel free to drop your thoughts!

    -Selecting more than one face paints simultaneously
    A given number? Perhaps four is reasonable I should think. Let me know your thoughts or how that could be different or improved.
    It would look/work like this for example: Blush + freckles + & two autonomous eye shadow choices that count separate. (the color swatch can be separate or together.)

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    Eyebrow hair - give us multichoice.
    A separate category that exists within the 'eyebrow' choice that reveals actual eyebrow hair from thin & sparse, patchy, to medium and drawn on perfection, to strong or hairy & grandpa like.
    Why is it that we can choose brow shape/angle but not add in additional hairs than the one choice given under facial features only applicable for some faces/races.

    -Swapping the side at which the hair parts.
    It would be a positive & interesting change.
    The reason for me: many pretty earrings are featured on the left ear but the bane of even noticing them is how many 'down' hairstyles cover the left ear! So this is a personal one for me: I like many of the earring designs and I enjoy seeing them on my character. It sucks that I am delegated to a 'few' hairstyles because of this.


    -More racially unique hairstyles.
    -With the addition of female Hrothgar having a severe lack of racially unique hairstyles & why haven't there been any additional racial unique hairstyles added to existing races over the years? or even a touch up of some sort. Two or three juicy/aesthetically pleasing hairs added I think would help the older races feel slightly revamped atp. I know it's less than a shot in the dark, but it's definitely something that I wish would be addressed.

    Slightly improved skin tone.
    -natural flush on the cheeks, ears, nose & chin.
    -Natural highlight & just generally more 'fleshy'.
    -Darker skin tones need more 'life' + pale palms and feet.
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  2. #2
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    Einnecy's Avatar
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    I'croi At-ta'bas
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 2
    Bump! Additional customization would make the graphical changes much more worthwhile. The game only benefits from more diverse facial features and more customization options as a whole.
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    Yasu Naoya
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    Malboro
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    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by juicybug View Post
    Slightly improved skin tone.
    -natural flush on the cheeks, ears, nose & chin.
    -Natural highlight & just generally more 'fleshy'.
    -Darker skin tones need more 'life' + pale palms and feet.
    This here.

    Yesterday I used my free fantasia from Ul'Dah to fix my character, and I was stuck on the skin color for an entire hour. Because color choices are blocks of fixed colors, there's no balance between some of them. My character looks like he's been hit with a bucket of mud.

    Had they used something like this (as many modern MMORPGs do) then it wouldn't be an issue at all.



    Game is stuck with its 2002 engine from FFXI and it shows.
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  4. #4
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    Conant Sivrha
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    Siren
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    Dark Knight Lv 100
    I agree.

    I’ll add a few suggestions that have been on my mind recently:
    - A slider for the opacity of face paint and lip color, instead of a choice between none/light/dark. For lips, a matte/glossy slider would also be great. The newly-introduced permanent glossiness of lips doesn’t fit the look some people want for their characters, so they should be able to lessen or remove it. And being able to use lip colors without gloss would be a nice new addition that we didn’t have even before the update.
    - A slider for iris size that allows for sizes in between the current “large” and “small”.
    - The ability to choose eyebrow colors separately from hair colors. Some of the updated faces have eyebrows that are unnaturally dark for the selected hair color, and I’d personally like the option to make characters’ eyebrows match their actual hair color again by selecting a lighter color. I’m sure there are those who want to select even darker colors, which they should have the option to do as well. (If they want to prevent something like brown hair with purple eyebrows, it could even just be a three-option selection: eyebrows that match the hair color exactly, darkened eyebrows, and very darkened eyebrows.)
    - More scar options.
    - The ability to change the size of individual facial features, even slightly.
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    Ranhansha's Avatar
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    Ranhansha Ootsuki
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    Ragnarok
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    Red Mage Lv 100
    Don't settle for petty details. Complete overhaul if they actually want to keep the game going forward for at least 10 more years. Period.
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    Player DrForester's Avatar
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    Miyara Dantes
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    Ultros
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    Summoner Lv 100
    Actually, their first priority should be to finally get off their butts and finish Viera and Hrothgar.
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    Cheez Whiz
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    Twintania
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    Paladin Lv 100
    It would be nice if we got a lot of new options for the existing races instead of a new race in 8.0.
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  8. #8
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    Conant Sivrha
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    Siren
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    Dark Knight Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by DrForester View Post
    Actually, their first priority should be to finally get off their butts and finish Viera and Hrothgar.
    You’re right. Hopefully, improved character creation would benefit all races, especially viera and hrothgar, who currently have more restricted options than the other races. A character creation update that doesn’t bring viera and hrothgar up to the same standard as other races would be a bad joke…but, unfortunately, if we look at how viera and hrothgar have been handled so far, it doesn’t seem outside of the realm of possibility. Discussions of an update to character creation need to highlight viera and hrothgar specifically, to make sure they aren’t being left even further behind. (And the hat problem, which isn’t part of character creation, is equally in need of attention.)
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  9. #9
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    Sophia Bettencourt
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    Sargatanas
    Main Class
    Red Mage Lv 91
    Quote Originally Posted by DrForester View Post
    Actually, their first priority should be to finally get off their butts and finish Viera and Hrothgar.
    while this made me chuckle, I actually full agree bc it would open the door to more physical positive changes, even for aesthetic reasons!
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  10. #10
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    Naychan Le'mew
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    Coeurl
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    Scholar Lv 100
    Yes please, character creation is super outdated the PS4/5 can handle eyeshadow & blush at the same time I'm sure of it.
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