Char creation disappointment?

[Einherei]

I’m sure most if not everyone by now has seen the character creation vid, and I’d like to make it a point that there’s nothing wrong with it – it seems more streamlined easier to understand character creation section of the game, but there is one thing that really bugs me and its been around since Beta FFXIV 1.0.

The Hairstyles, now I couldn’t really care too much about the other races except Miqo’te.
One of the most popular hair styles in FFXI was the 6A, white hair with bangs and is one of the more common Miqo’te hair styles in FFXIV. Year after year during Vanadiel Census it always remained one of the top used and most common hairstyles in FFXI compared to the other styles.



I have nothing against any of the other hair types but if SE knew this hair type was in such demand and popular with players before FFXIV was made, why didn’t they design other hairstyles along the same lines (short hair/bangs). In one of the Vanadiel Census’ the developers noted that they thought the hair looked like a lions mane and generally speaking it does – along with the other default hairstyles they kinda match a tribal style which Mithra in XI really played strongly too, but I don’t really think that applies to Miqo’te who although isolatory, have merged with the city states and been ingrained in their own separate cultures – something a bit apart from their tribal roots.

I was happy that there were HD versions of the common hairstyles of XI when XIV launched, but disappointed they didn’t build off of it – with the coming of ARR and the new character creation, I was expecting/hoping they would have built off some of the hairstyles that were more popular – just so there weren’t heaps of the same hair just different shades running about.

I know this is just the alpha build and all that and that things may change, but the character creation in XIV 1.0s Beta to release didn’t change much either after feedback besides adding blue/white/red to tail tips, and I know the dev team is most likely very busy with launch and testing servers – but maybe down the road they can build upon the character creation and add new hairstyles in or a barber.

I’m sure people who play other races have their own version of this problem but this really gets me.

[indira]

its gonna be boobs 99% #5

[Ingolf]

That male hume was so popular. It irked me so much.

I was hoping for more hairstyles too.

[Kasumuni]

See when you get the drop you have been dreaming about for the past 4 months, or when you finally kill the NM that has been wiping your party for weeks.....are you really going to care about what your hair looks like?

[Fadigre]

That male hume was so popular. It irked me so much.

I was hoping for more hairstyles too.

That female Hume never ceases to instil me with fear.
She's just so... disturbing.

But yes, I really hope we have more than, what... 6 styles?

I stupidly rushed my character and he looks nothing like I'd want him to look as when I reactivated my account I didn't think the game would be able to hold me on its own merits.
How naive I was!

I'm looking forward to recreating this oaf as soon as possible to make up for the last year of looking top-heavy.
It'd be a horrible shame if I'm given the same features to choose from again except this time with pretty lighting.

[Nix]

See when you get the drop you have been dreaming about for the past 4 months, or when you finally kill the NM that has been wiping your party for weeks.....are you really going to care about what your hair looks like?

Some of us will^^;, a lot of players want their character to look right and have deeply personal reasons for this. I have gone through about 7 different characters myself trying to find a character I could 'bond' with in a sense. Still there are things I'd like to change, but for now I'm alright. I'm looking forward to seeing if they'll add anything extra over the course of alpha/beta, but we'll just have to be patient!

[Einherei]

See when you get the drop you have been dreaming about for the past 4 months, or when you finally kill the NM that has been wiping your party for weeks.....are you really going to care about what your hair looks like?

Yes, and thats why i made this post after seeing the Alpha char creation, but like Nix said - just have to be patient and see what happens. It'd be great if there could be a dev response to know if they have any plans for further changes and in the mean time i'd like to hear other peoples views on this as well.

[Fadigre]

Does this count

We've only just begun with testing A Realm Reborn! Without going into specifics, we can safely say that there will be more options to choose from when it comes to the customization categories in later builds (like additional customization options for Miqo'te tails!)

[Einherei]

Kinda that's all and good, but actual new hair styles would be great
like i said before all the extra features in customization in the char creation are fine - nothing wrong with them, just after the hair. Hopefully though Rukkirii's comment about more customization in later builds cover default hair styles. Thanks Fadigre ('w')

[Ladon]

No offense here, but I really hope the developers don't get hung up on this sort of thing. It's like every piece of information that comes out of ARR results in the most nitpicking suggestions from some people in the community. To be frank this is so unimportant in the grand scheme of things and I really hope it's just the result of not having a public alpha or beta yet where people can start making meaningful suggestions to the developers.

What you need to understand is the developers do have limited resources. Expecting development attention for what is pretty much a personal request is just wasting their time. Pointing out a fatal flaw in the observed usability of the new character creator and trying to get development attention would be a good example of a topic to discuss. Taking the time to discuss adding a hairstyle that you want isn't.

I only bring this up because SE has shown a real desire to listen to the community as a whole so the amount of actual, important constructive criticism the community is able to give has the very real possibility of shaping the game for the better. But if you want to see how a community who is focused on personal satisfaction can ruin a game, go take a look at Tera.