"Tomescroll" and "Study" only useable standing

[Basteala]

Not being able to do it while sitting is pretty bad. That's honestly a make or break for me.

[MinahJomalah]

It's worth noting:
Looping emotes are only found in the 'special' tab.
Other than 'changepose' and 'visor' which affect your idle pose or a piece of gear respectively, none of the emotes in the Special tab are able to be used while sitting.

It's possible that this is more complicated than it seems as this could imply it has to do with the way the emote system is hard-coded.


(I do not have a specific reference for the following so take this with a grain of salt and if anyone could find one for me, I would be most grateful)
If I am remembering correctly: CBU3 have also stated in the past that they are looking into overhauling the emote system. Something they have expressed interest in doing is implementing "paired" emotes where two players interact directly. This could range from shaking hands to a smaller race being given a shoulder ride by a larger race (Nanamo sitting on Raubahn's arm emote, anyone?)
So it's not impossible that we may have to wait till such an overhaul is implemented before we can use infinitely looping emotes while sitting down.

[EGXIV]

It's worth noting:
Looping emotes are only found in the 'special' tab.
Other than 'changepose' and 'visor' which affect your idle pose or a piece of gear respectively, none of the emotes in the Special tab are able to be used while sitting.

It's possible that this is more complicated than it seems as this could imply it has to do with the way the emote system is hard-coded.

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You might be on to something. I do hope that is the reason, which means the design intention was for special emotes to also be used seated, the system just doesn't play ball. For what it's worth, I like this explanation more than them not doing it on purpose or just forgetting (because that would imply lack of care or lack of thought, both which are not good for the continued longevity of FF14).

I do hope they will overhaul the emote system sooner rather than later since it is an integral part of the MMO and FF14 experience.

I am glad to see this topic resonates with so many people, it actually helped me to get over my annoyance a bit (although I am still majorly annoyed :P).