(07-11-2015, 07:01 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote: I find this explanation wholly unsatisfactory. 2.0 spoilers --
I don't know if you're responding like, in general or to the specific situation I presented of my friends using it, but I was trying to make it very clear I wouldn't suggest should using it to "change their appearance on a whim", and what they were using for was very much not "essentially cosmetic". I think the reason my friends (and people who use the Fantasia for similar purposes) used it for was completely valid and justified! I too kinda frown on it being taken lightly, just because that's not, like, super compelling to me, storytelling-wise? But only just kinda frown.
Also it's possible those super rich characters in question just weren't interested in it? Or possible side-effects? Who knows?
(07-11-2015, 07:13 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: In fairness, Fernehalwes's statement regarding Fantasia and how it works at London Fan Fest means that you couldn't use it for that purpose:
"Fantasia works in a unique way. I can’t simply turn you into whoever you want, or people could get away with anything. Crime would be out of control. Even on Earth, people have the opportunity to change who they are – cut their hair, get a facelift, find a new career or a different spouse – but we often aren’t willing to make those drastic life changes. Fantasia gives you the courage to make the changes you’ve always wanted to make. Maybe you are Lalafell trapped in a Roegadyn’s body, it’s time to break out! And all you needed was that courage in a phial!" (reference)
EDIT: Yes, I know this is a... unique dev statement here.I'm not saying this specifies anything about fantasia one way or another, just that the devs are aware of what rampant "plastic surgery in a bottle" could do.
Ah, I gladly stand corrected! I forgot Fernehalwes had said something on it, too. Thanks for that!
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