[/INDENT]Ok as a player who has played FFXI and now FFXIV for quite some time I have to say that I am greatly disappointed with the lack of character differentiation in game!!! If you run around on a server for about an hour you will probably start to notice that most of the people around you look very similar. Considering that most of the hairstyles are previous styles used in FFXI, I would think that the FFXIV team would've done something to upgrade the previous or make more styles available to players other than, highlights and, a pretty simplistic color palette with a few more options...

[/INDENT]It would be super awesome if FFXIV had way more variety to the player base as far as characters are concerned. I mean if all the classes already have the same gear type models for the best gear, and we're all going to be hunting down the best items we can possibly wear, why not lets something like facial features or hairstyles really help identify the player base. Take WoW, Aion, AoC, SWG, most of the MMO's people still play for example, they may not have a plethora of differences in the character design aspects of the game but I think most people could tell each other apart with names off having known a player for long enough lol.

The addition of something like a barbershop would be great for FFXIV seeing as how one didn't exist in XI. Not only would it help with players who seek to be different from everyone else around them, but it would also help emersion. I would be way more pumped if i was running around and didn't see a bunch of Lalafell who looked incredibly similar to me lol. I really think FFXIV could benefit from something like this even if it wasn't an addition of more variations in character creation as much as just a place to go and reset you're basic look. What do you guys think?