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asleepinawell · 2 years ago

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possibly a controversial opinion and absolutely not trying to take a shot at anyone who disagrees, but I think having portraits show up for comms at the end of a dungeon/raid is a terrible feature. great in theory but terrible in actuality. I don't care about my comm count (and couldn't tell you what it is) but it was always nice to get some in instances where I knew I'd done a kick ass job supporting the team (as a healer or rdm usually). it was people saying thank you

I'm a really average player but there's some content I know very well and can help other players in. I love helping people and it's just a good feeling when you get thanked after. like hey, I was useful! I made a contribution!

that vanished completely when portraits came out (I've done roulettes almost every day for the last 8 months due to leveling all the jobs and just enjoying it, so it was really really easy for me to track the change...there were a few exceptions but overall it was like night and day from before). (and yes, people could obviously see your glam before but having it directly in the comm ui is different)

I got a trickle back when I put some effort into making fun portraits (something I personally don't enjoy doing but felt obligated to do), but I don't play a cute cat boy or a lady with big boobs (two things I've actually seen people online say tempt them into giving comms) and my portraits are definitely not as fancy as a lot of people's and more than that it just feels like that shouldn't matter

so yeah, not a fan. actually turned them off for myself the first time they popped up because it just felt strange. leave them at the start and take them out at the end would be my best solution since, like I said, really neat idea in theory and I think people should be proud of their cool glams and show them off. but it also really sucks to be in what feels a lot like a beauty pageant

#I play on crystal and I expect that does not help even a little bit lolol #no hate to anyone who likes it #just my person experience has been really sad?#like I started really noticing when I was healing alliance raids a bunch after they added portraits #and I'd do ones where I was carrying the team and working my ass off #I used to get 4-5 comms from those types of situations #I was getting zero #consistently #I thought it was a coincidence at first but it persisted #I went and spent a little bit of time making a vaguely interesting portrait #that was mostly a animated cool weapon effect up in the camera #INSTANTLY started getting some again #flipped it on and off and yeah #I think playing a male au ra isn't doing me any favors either #would be fascinating to see statistics on this #would be uhh interesting to see how things like...say...character skin color and comm rate related...yah know #but I did go and poke around online and found people talking about which glam things they'd give comms for #and how to set your portrait up for maximum comms #I wish there was a better way to do this #ffxivmp #mp #also sucks more because my portraits break every ten seconds because having linked plates doesn't play nice with it #like it is really total dogshit how badly that part is broken #change to a job with a linked plate outside of a sanctuary? congrats you're fucked even if the glam is correct and matches #good chance the portrait menu won't display it as needing an update either and you'll have to force update it #great work team 0/10 #my general criteria for comming is 1) someone did awesome 2) a sprout who is clearly new and trying their best #3) someone was really helpful in chat or did a dorito 4) the default healer/tank and dps/dps courtesy comm #oh and 5) it's not even that the healer was awesome it's just that I sucked and they had to pick my dumb ass up a lot 😔

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