During an interview at PAX Australia, FF14 developers discussed the new customization options and when we’ll see more Evolved Mode jobs.
FF14 Evercold is almost within touching distance at this point. In fact, without getting into too much spoiler-specific talk, the recent patch 7.57 updated the teaser scene we were left with at the end of Dawntrail's MSQ, reminding us that the new expansion is moving closer and closer. There's still a lot to show before then, however. At PAX Australia, Localization Director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi sat down with Twitch streamers 'SarahJane,' 'Pezz,' and 'Kwistyy_' to discuss the job redesigns and improved character customization options.
We got a deeper look at the new character customization options coming to Final Fantasy 14 during Game Director Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida's Fanfest Berlin keynote. The MMORPG will provide a much wider range of color selections in 8.0, and they'll be applicable at a grander scale, allowing you to freely adjust the likes of skin, hair, and eye colors in all-new ways. From patch 8.1, you'll also be able to remove Miqo'te war paint, hide Lalafell and Viera nose shading, and change Au Ra horns independently of the face shape.
Pezz queries the pair on whether we could even see some additional sliders added, and Koji gives a dramatic, wide-eyed look. "Like… sliders of the posterior area?" Everyone laughs - the topic has become a running joke (albeit a deadly serious one) since the NA Fanfest in Anaheim earlier this year, although Koji recalls that it's not a new request. "I think someone at the first Fanfest was like, 'When are we going to get butt sliders?'" Murouchi nods sagely at him in agreement. Koji does think there's actual movement on the issue now, however.
"Finally, back in Anaheim, Yoshi-P was like, 'ehhh,'" Koji says, imitating the Director's pondering shrug on stage. "I think it's something. I like to feel that it's moved from a question of 'if' to a question of 'when.'" Kwistyy asks, "So we just had to wear him down?" It's not an unreasonable suggestion, given that Yoshida talked at Fanfest Berlin about "upgrading" his mindset toward roleplaying, hence his decision to relax some of the stricter rules on character creation that he had previously been more insistent upon.
"It's like the community has been wearing him down for literally the past ten years and he's finally starting to crack," Koji remarks, emphatically following that up with, "So keep it up, and we're going to get butt sliders. It's only a matter of time, we can do this. The FF14 community, if there's one thing that brings us together, it's butt sliders." I'll lend my voice to the crowd; I'm not looking to rival the prodigious posteriors of Zenless Zone Zero, merely to have slightly more definition on my Warrior of Light who spends her days leaping around.
"With Evercold, we are going to be adding a lot more customization options," Koji muses,"At the end of your day, your avatar is you, and the more options that you have to tweak it, even the tiniest of things, to make it more like you want it to be, is what's really important." He says the team has embraced this not only for Evercold's launch, but in the future beyond that.
"Continuing to add ways to make your face more unique, make your housing more unique, make your character more unique - whether it be through gear, or motions with the action skins that we plan on adding. It's all going to be about fully customizing your character," Koji says with a smile, "and if the culmination of that is butt sliders, then so be it."
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