Character Creation

Happy Friday, everyone! Another week gone, another week closer to the grave.

Here's this week's Friday Insider Edition. Enjoy!



One of the biggest problems I run into when telling someone about FFXI comes from explaining the character creation system.

Here it is:

Pick a race, pick a face, and pick a hair.

That's it.

And that's all we needed.

Yes, FFXIV has twelve types of face scars and a boob slider, but you know what? Insane fucking detail isn't really needed when your character is wearing heavy armor 90% of the time.

"But As, you can remove the helmet and show the world your unique face that you created!"

True. But you know who actually pays attention to your face?

You.

Just you.

You are the only one that cares about what color you made your eyes, or that cool cheek scar, or the nautical star tattoo behind your ear.

I guarantee the only thing other people notice about your character are 1) Hair if you're a guy, and 2) Tits if you're a girl. Even then, everyone chooses a black and red hairstyle (guilty as charged), and the biggest tits possible, so they all end up looking the same anyway.

No one is going to comment on how awesome it was that you spent an hour on your character's cheekbones.

In XI, we knew everyone looked alike, but we didn't dwell on it. We just accepted it and murdered shit.

In XIV, you notice that everyone looks different, but you just don't care, because everyone acts the same.

All the guys are assholes, and all the girls are men.

And don't get me started on glamour.

In the end, all the millions of glamour you can pick come down to like, three things that look good.

I'm a part of a FFXIV community on Facebook, and if I had a dollar for every time some dude posted "Hey, check out my new glamour. Whatchu think? ;)" with a picture of their character with bunny ears and Thavnairian stripper clothes, I would have... Like, a lot of money.

In fact, make that happen.