Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail is getting its first proper numbered patch next week—and while there's all sorts of new stuff to plug through, including 1,180 improved toes over 118 items, it's also fixing one of the most frustrating things I've ever encountered in an MMO: A propensity to slap you in the face with a driver's licence photo whenever you queue into a duty.
Alright, some context. Almost one entire expansion ago, in patch 6.1 of Endwalker, Final Fantasy 14 added the adventurer plate system. This lets you create a cutesy little mini-profile, with a bunch of different framing kits to help you customise it. It also introduced the duty portraits system in patch 6.3—upon loading into a duty, you and your fellow party members will be greeted by a smorgasbord of cute, carefully-customised poses.
