Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[Arcell]

Kallera, fix the quote tags please >.< I know it's not your fault because the post you're quoting is missing a ] lol

[Sanne]

I have nothing against weddings in game or same gender weddings, still I think it should be a community created event.

Community can do this without the help of the game dev.

Just have that nice church, throw in a player crafted costumes that looks like wedding outfits, and let the players do the rest.

[Phe]

actually i took part in a community based wedding in FFXI in front of the big waterfall in Lufaise Meadows and it was great.
the couple exchanged self crafted rings with signature.
i think it was better than the official procedure because it was very personal. organized by friends for friends.

[RexValentino]

This shouldn't have been an issue.

If the answer to whether or not same gender unions would be an option was yes there would have maybe been a few eyebrow raising posts from a few players, but it would have died down, and probably quickly since most wouldn't of cared.

Now that the answer is no, there will constantly be threads about it until it is fixed.

Once it is fixed ... just watch the threads die, and focus shift back to the game.

Fix it ;p

[Azurus]

This shouldn't have been an issue.

If the answer to whether or not same gender unions would be an option was yes there would have maybe been a few eyebrow raising posts from a few players, but it would have died down, and probably quickly since most wouldn't of cared.

Now that the answer is no, there will constantly be threads about it until it is fixed.

Once it is fixed ... just watch the threads die, and focus shift back to the game.

Fix it ;p

sweet if thats all it takes I am going to make complaints about everything till they all get fixed. I am going to start with being italian. All the avatars look to northern european, I wont play till there are some italian looking avatars. Until there are I am being discriminated against and I want it!!one1! And why cant i choose my avatars political affiliation! come on people if we dont make threads on all of this how will they get changed! Screw the game I want my politics! It IS the game now!

[Mjollnir]

sweet if thats all it takes I am going to make complaints about everything till they all get fixed. I am going to start with being italian. All the avatars look to northern european, I wont play till there are some italian looking avatars. Until there are I am being discriminated against and I want it!!one1! And why cant i choose my avatars political affiliation! come on people if we dont make threads on all of this how will they get changed! Screw the game I want my politics! It IS the game now!

Make a thread on the topic, get 500+ likes, the devs might consider it.

Got no problems with same-sex avatars coupling off in a ceremony that we'd identify with marriage. Prefer it if it were more identifiable with handfasting (though that's a personal choice for what I feel would fit in Eorzea). Would be best all round if the lore in-game reflected whatever ceremony is implemented and there was an explanation for any restrictions of gender or race.

[Kallivis]

sweet if thats all it takes I am going to make complaints about everything till they all get fixed. I am going to start with being italian. All the avatars look to northern european, I wont play till there are some italian looking avatars. Until there are I am being discriminated against and I want it!!one1! And why cant i choose my avatars political affiliation! come on people if we dont make threads on all of this how will they get changed! Screw the game I want my politics! It IS the game now!

You're welcome to go ahead and try.

[RexValentino]

sweet if thats all it takes I am going to make complaints about everything till they all get fixed. I am going to start with being italian. All the avatars look to northern european, I wont play till there are some italian looking avatars. Until there are I am being discriminated against and I want it!!one1! And why cant i choose my avatars political affiliation! come on people if we dont make threads on all of this how will they get changed! Screw the game I want my politics! It IS the game now!

What i think is political in nature is that instead of making this feature of the game available to everyone (as it's intended), they are limiting it so that some players are excluded. If you add a feature and have it available to everyone ... people might get upset about it as a feature and complain ... but when you add a feature, and then limit which characters can use it properly, you can get complaints/comments not only on the feature added, but on the fact that it was limited as well. This not only increases the chance that there will be complaint threads, but also that there will be discussions on why the choice to limit the feature was made. This goes for any feature added.

In the recent translation posts it was mentioned that certain bonuses will be given to married couples, like being able to teleport to your partner using your rings. If you truly want a partner of same gender, then your only option to get/benefit from these bonuses would be to marry someone of the opposite gender. This would will lead to more fake in game marriages, which in another translated post was mentioned as something they wanted to avoid. They mentioned limiting bonuses to prevent this ... but people will do anything for bonuses no matter how small ;p

With smaller bonuses/wanting to avoid 'fake' marriages it seems like the feature to 'marry' might be geared toward the role playing community (or the community that lives in the game like it is their life). This would seem to make limiting the choice by gender make even less sense since these people care more about the realism/etc. feel of the game.

In my opinion, the best option to make this feature available to everyone (and since we all pay for this game, this feature should be available to us all!) would be to change it to unions and avoid the whole marriage mess ... and let it be between any two players. This would be all inclusive and allow everyone to get the bonuses (and any future added bonuses) with the character of his/her choice. ... and as mentioned in previous posts, people would still be able to hold their own character based ceremonies if they want something more limited.

The second best option ... just allow/include same gender "marriages," or add something to where people could have similar in game bonuses between any character they want (that way it isn't 'fake' XD).

SE is a business and i doubt has ties to anything truly political ... and from a business standpoint it is best to discuss how the players think/feel about things that might effect their profits. ... It would be hard to change my mind when it comes to this ... more freedom=good ... the first option is best !

I have already sent my official suggestion by using the support site.

[Twiddle]

Why are we still beating this horse, is there really that much life left in it?! Until SE gives a reply reading "based on the feedback we have decided..." we are spinning the weals in the mud... there's no more road for a solid discussion. As it stands. It's all personal opinions, which biased, and unsupported!

[Kallivis]

Why are we still beating this horse, is there really that much life left in it?! Until SE gives a reply reading "based on the feedback we have decided..." we are spinning the weals in the mud... there's no more road for a solid discussion. As it stands. It's all personal opinions, which biased, and unsupported!

Because people are passionate about making their points. Unless you're employed by Square Enix to moderate these forums, we could do without your input about whether the thread should be closed or not.

I still see various points brought up from time to time to take into consideration.