That 'name over the head' thing has always been a nuisance. I kind of wish we could toggle the visibility of the surname at least, though that doesn't make much practical sense. In 1.0 I never wanted to fuss around much about Eva's surname because it technically wasn't hers and she didn't give it very readily. Eventually there was some event or another when someone addressed her as Ms. Ianeira, and that was a little troublesome but we kind of just rolled with it and I'm of a mindset now that she still doesn't hand out her surname, but enough people know it that it's simply not worth getting upset over. This is all a little beside the point and a rather longwinded way of saying, "I understand."
Regarding the changing of appearance for certain purposes and having a kind of "blank" version, I think that's pretty creative and there's some good possibilities there. It would be nice if the game supported changing of face paint along with hairstyles when the salon/barber/stylist/whatever comes to Eorzea. Maybe it will~! Unless you level both 'halves' you may find yourself unable to equip the same gear or unable to easily reach certain places as the lower-leveled half, but there's probably ways around that as well.
As others have suggested, naming whichever version you're planning on using less frequently (I'm assuming the 'blank' one without face paint) something a bit more vague will help towards keeping the anonymity of the character even OOCly as well, but I think most RPers are good enough to avoid any sort of metagaming.
But I think the concept is creative, from my perspective refreshing, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all plays out if you do go forward with it!
Regarding the changing of appearance for certain purposes and having a kind of "blank" version, I think that's pretty creative and there's some good possibilities there. It would be nice if the game supported changing of face paint along with hairstyles when the salon/barber/stylist/whatever comes to Eorzea. Maybe it will~! Unless you level both 'halves' you may find yourself unable to equip the same gear or unable to easily reach certain places as the lower-leveled half, but there's probably ways around that as well.
As others have suggested, naming whichever version you're planning on using less frequently (I'm assuming the 'blank' one without face paint) something a bit more vague will help towards keeping the anonymity of the character even OOCly as well, but I think most RPers are good enough to avoid any sort of metagaming.
But I think the concept is creative, from my perspective refreshing, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all plays out if you do go forward with it!
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