Please allow us to unlock animations from either gender on any character

[Losado]

Right now in FF14, making a character locks you into either masculine or feminine animations for everything. I've had to choose between characters that move too stiffly or too daintily, when what I really want is the freedom to mix both.

Sometimes I just want to move like a male Au Ra, with its anime run.



But other times I want to move like a female Midlander



Other MMOs like Black Desert Online and PSO2:NGS have already shown this is completely doable. The solution is straightforward: make animation sets a separate choice in character creation, just like how we choose hairstyles or facial features. I know many players would keep using matched sets, but for me and others like me, mixing animations would finally let us create characters that move the way we feel inside.

How our characters move and emote isn't just cosmetic - it's how we express ourselves in this world we love. When I'm feeling fabulous, I want my character to show that. When I'm feeling powerful, I want those strong, confident animations. Our expression is fluid, and our characters should be able to reflect that.

The best way to do so is to add a setting in Character Configuration.



This allows everyone to change their expression at any time, to use feminine or masculine animations.

[PaulusHamsteru]

They should add multiple running animations for each race. The male hyur/roe and hrothgar animations look bad, imo.

[Brandr]

In ESO there's a Personality trait which changes many animations, not only walking and running but also idle stance and some emotes.
This would totally awesome here!

[mallleable]

They also should remove gender locks on weapon /cposes as well.

[Rithy255]

I do like some of the male weapon idles a lot better then the female ones, so more options of expression would always be welcomed for me.

[Asari5]

also, they should make it specific for each job. even now with only two idle stances for drawn weapons it bothers me that they all share either one stance or the other

[Kisshu]

Weapon pose, victory and battle-ready poses being unlocked would be a big dream for me. Just make it pose 1 and pose2.
Also would love more job specific emotes.

[Aco505]

Agreed. I'd also like more battle poses for jobs.

[Tsiron]

yes please... I'm relieved to see people have grown more receptive to the idea compared to when I brought it up lol, being able to change our characters' idle stance and overall personality would add some much needed variety to character creation

[Burmecia]

(Ok-excellent OP, check it >>)

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Type A and Type B please
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