FF14 is finally fixing the fact my carefully-constructed portraits keep reverting to a goddamn driver's licence photo whenever I change my goddamn gear

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.