Quote Originally Posted by MinahJomalah View Post
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).