Female Hrothgar as a playable race. Show your support!

I'm happy with my characters the way they are and would never fantasia them, but the hrothgals look great and I can't wait to see all the majestic cat mommy players in game!

I really can't contain my excitement, I wonder what their /cpose poses will be like. I hope we get a mix of firm/tough and something more regal.

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

We have been blessed with the thiccest queens!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDNykn4X...pg&name=medium

I am so happy!

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Oh Sisters..,
Extra THICC.

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Jokes aside, ran into image in Reddit about the..,
"Hrothgar made a ..," except, no longer causes the Gals are coming to town.

Somethings never change.
(OH, Brothers)

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Regardless, I feel like the game Is gonna grow much larger now, and not cause of XBOX.

Congratulations to everyone who gets to play the female Hrothgar!

My only criticism of the reveal is the same old problem with male/female beast races that WoW has: The developers go nuts with the males and make them look cool and "beastily", and then they design a female version that doesn't quite match the male version and ends up looking too human.

The female Hrothgar in this scenario are too small and resemble a thick Mi'qote, when they should have been huge and beefy like their male counterparts.

I know I'm being nitpicky here, but it irks me every time.

I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed with the overall design. They found a nice balance for the body type and the faces come in different flavors of furry for everyone to choose.

They really nailed it I had feared they'd go with the tired cliche of beast races with males being more beast and females being human glad they aren't just Miqo'te but a little more hair now I'm dying to see hair styles and facials like scars and war paint.

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Originally Posted by Eldtagg

Congratulations to everyone who gets to play the female Hrothgar!

My only criticism of the reveal is the same old problem with male/female beast races that WoW has: The developers go nuts with the males and make them look cool and "beastily", and then they design a female version that doesn't quite match the male version and ends up looking too human.

The female Hrothgar in this scenario are too small and resemble a thick Mi'qote, when they should have been huge and beefy like their male counterparts.

I know I'm being nitpicky here, but it irks me every time.

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You realize the males are just roes? The idea of female baras is absurd.

So, good morning and congratulations! The trailer almost made me wary, haha. The silhouette was intriguing, just the head seemed a bit odd in the CG. But the game models look REALLY nice. The body type is 12/10, and the faces that were shown seem like a decent attempt to find a balance between those who were expecting something more animalistic and those who wanted a more human look. I wonder what kind of face 4 is. Would hope for a coeurl's one. The outfit is absolutely beautiful.

Question: will we wait until the summer, or will they appear “a little earlier”, as was promised once upon a time?
Also wonder if this was a joke about fantasia. Well, I've already stocked up just in case... And will definitely try, although what's on the voices is still questionable. But believing in the best.

But it's definitely a win if you ask me. Definitely.

Me happy .. very happy :)

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Originally Posted by ejunniim

So, good morning and congratulations! The trailer almost made me wary, haha. The silhouette was intriguing, just the head seemed a bit odd in the CG. But the game models look REALLY nice. The body type is 12/10, and the faces that were shown seem like a decent attempt to find a balance between those who were expecting something more animalistic and those who wanted a more human look. I wonder what kind of face 4 is. Would hope for a coeurl's one. The outfit is absolutely beautiful.

Question: will we wait until the summer, or will they appear “a little earlier”, as was promised once upon a time?
Also wonder if this was a joke about fantasia. Well, I've already stocked up just in case... And will definitely try, although what's on the voices is still questionable. But believing in the best.

But it's definitely a win if you ask me. Definitely.

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I love them so much! The in-game ones definitely saved it for me, mostly because the CGI had odd camera angles which made them look a bit off. (the one in my signature is my fave!)
100% going Hrothgal in DT! As for the 4th face I think we have:
Face 1 - The one in the trailer
Face 2 - Unknown yet
Face 3 - The one in my sig
Face 4 - The pink one

But here is the official art of them, I think the Archer who is with the back towards us is face 2. Of course, I could be wrong.

https://i.imgur.com/weA2Cd4.jpg

P.S: Don't think I have not noticed the Blue one with long white hair SE!

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Originally Posted by Eldtagg

Congratulations to everyone who gets to play the female Hrothgar!

My only criticism of the reveal is the same old problem with male/female beast races that WoW has: The developers go nuts with the males and make them look cool and "beastily", and then they design a female version that doesn't quite match the male version and ends up looking too human.

The female Hrothgar in this scenario are too small and resemble a thick Mi'qote, when they should have been huge and beefy like their male counterparts.

I know I'm being nitpicky here, but it irks me every time.

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Eh, in this case it's about the same as for Roes. The and the males aren't that bestial, just bad posture.

And well, sexual dimorphism for us humans. Men can generally look like whatever since other features like wealth are more important in them.

I'm really petty jealous of Female Hrothgar and I don't consider them the Female equivalent of the original Male Hrothgar, who is walking like an animalistic cave man. It's the whole reason why I couldn't get into playing Male Hrothgar at the very start.

So to actually stop the genderlock.. Please also enable the Male version of the current Female Hrothgar D:

They are so pretty. And I'm so happy we didn't get another "cutie" type.

I am in love with the Female Hrothgar racial Gear! So much so that I tried to make one with the glam available in game! I am not an expert but I think I did pretty well!

My version:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...ece8b3190049d&


Original:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...0d7fb31ce9dc4&

Congrats you guys! I love how female hrothgar are big and muscular. My main race of choice is viera, but I might fantasia to female hrothgar for a little while depending on the customization options. The benchmark can't come soon enough

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Originally Posted by Senn

Congrats you guys! I love how female hrothgar are big and muscular. My main race of choice is viera, but I might fantasia to female hrothgar for a little while depending on the customization options. The benchmark can't come soon enough

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We did it Senn! The Genderlocks are finally over! I hope you will enjoy your time as a female Hrothgar, regardless of how long!
And hope you are enjoying your Viera too!

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

I am in love with the Female Hrothgar racial Gear! So much so that I tried to make one with the glam available in game! I am not an expert but I think I did pretty well!

My version:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...ece8b3190049d&


Original:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...0d7fb31ce9dc4&

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they really got the best looking racial gear without a doubt
do hope the hands are not the little gloves but the whole forearm part too

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Originally Posted by Duskane

they really got the best looking racial gear without a doubt
do hope the hands are not the little gloves but the whole forearm part too

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I'd put money on the hands being everything from that gold arm band down.

I think they look neat.
I'm definitely going to try to make a Hrothgall when the benchmark is released, I'm not yet convinced, at least not until I see it by myself.

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

We did it Senn! The Genderlocks are finally over! I hope you will enjoy your time as a female Hrothgar, regardless of how long!
And hope you are enjoying your Viera too!

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My mind is still blown over the fact that male viera were added to the game. And soon, female hrothgar will be too. I think a large part of their inclusion into the game was because of the feedback on the official forum. Yoshi P, the graphics team, everyone who is involved in this, they are all so awesome. They really care about the players and truly do listen. I feel so lucky, ffxiv is in good hands. It may not be perfect all of the time, but the team does their best.

I like the aesthetic of femgar so much more than malegar. But this always happens with this game (and most video games overall), where the female equivalent of the big muscular race always looks better and what I'd like the male option to look more like as well. You know, pretty, tall and buff but not ridiculous hulking bodybuilder proportions.

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Originally Posted by ejunniim

Question: will we wait until the summer, or will they appear “a little earlier”, as was promised once upon a time?

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Unfortunately, I'm about 99% sure we'll have to wait at least 6 months since this isn't going to get released earlier. The only nice thing is that if you are a new player or returning player and don't want to worry about buying Dawntrail till you get to that point in the game you can play as a Hrothgal since all you need is Shadowbringers after Dawntrail releases.

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

But here is the official art of them, I think the Archer who is with the back towards us is face 2. Of course, I could be wrong.

https://i.imgur.com/weA2Cd4.jpg

P.S: Don't think I have not noticed the Blue one with long white hair SE!

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Well using your image compared to the end of the reveal trailer bellow I think what we need to compare is ears, general eye shape, and face markings since those are tied to faces and the faces in the trailers tend to lack additional Facial Options (Provided that the art is made with the current version of the Hrothgals).

https://media.mmorpg.com/images/hero...3E1FA27D72888B

So looking at the two and using the numbers you placed for the faces we come up with the following:
Face 1: Trailer Center = Art Sitting (Ears are Lioness rounded)
Face 2: Not Shown in Trailer = Hand Wraps (Ears and eyes don't match the other 3 and no face markings)
Face 3: Trailer Left = Art GNB (Ears are curved to a point)
Face 4: Trailer Right = Art Archer (can't see the face but it looks like she has the smallest length from nose to lip and ears appear to be triangular in shape)

So if my guess is right (Which I could be wrong which I have been before) Hand Wraps should be our missing Face 2 Hrothgal from the trailer which I'm guessing has 4's triangular ears with 1/2's more cat life face and maybe the rounder softer eyes judging for the art work.

As for me I'm at a 90% thinking day 1 Hrothgal, other 10% is waiting to get my hands on the Benchmark to make sure since I hope I can find the options I want and that we don't have a Male issue with launch hair tied to faces.

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Originally Posted by Nureus

Unfortunately, I'm about 99% sure we'll have to wait at least 6 months since this isn't going to get released earlier. The only nice thing is that if you are a new player or returning player and don't want to worry about buying Dawntrail till you get to that point in the game you can play as a Hrothgal since all you need is Shadowbringers after Dawntrail releases.



Well using your image compared to the end of the reveal trailer bellow I think what we need to compare is ears, general eye shape, and face markings since those are tied to faces and the faces in the trailers tend to lack additional Facial Options (Provided that the art is made with the current version of the Hrothgals).

https://media.mmorpg.com/images/hero...3E1FA27D72888B

So looking at the two and using the numbers you placed for the faces we come up with the following:
Face 1: Trailer Center = Art Sitting (Ears are Lioness rounded)
Face 2: Not Shown in Trailer = Hand Wraps (Ears and eyes don't match the other 3 and no face markings)
Face 3: Trailer Left = Art GNB (Ears are curved to a point)
Face 4: Trailer Right = Art Archer (can't see the face but it looks like she has the smallest length from nose to lip and ears appear to be triangular in shape)

So if my guess is right (Which I could be wrong which I have been before) Hand Wraps should be our missing Face 2 Hrothgal from the trailer which I'm guessing has 4's triangular ears with 1/2's more cat life face and maybe the rounder softer eyes judging for the art work.

As for me I'm at a 90% thinking day 1 Hrothgal, other 10% is waiting to get my hands on the Benchmark to make sure since I hope I can find the options I want and that we don't have a Male issue with launch hair tied to faces.

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oooooooo! Good detective work! Hand wraps is my favourite, and not just because she has Pip's colouration, I promise!
There is more proof with the far right having almost identical face markings, like face 4 males!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDNrLJ1W...pg&name=medium

As for me, I absolutely adore them! 100% Female Hrothgar Day 1!

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Originally Posted by ejunniim

So, good morning and congratulations! The trailer almost made me wary, haha. The silhouette was intriguing, just the head seemed a bit odd in the CG. But the game models look REALLY nice. The body type is 12/10, and the faces that were shown seem like a decent attempt to find a balance between those who were expecting something more animalistic and those who wanted a more human look. I wonder what kind of face 4 is. Would hope for a coeurl's one. The outfit is absolutely beautiful.

Question: will we wait until the summer, or will they appear “a little earlier”, as was promised once upon a time?
Also wonder if this was a joke about fantasia. Well, I've already stocked up just in case... And will definitely try, although what's on the voices is still questionable. But believing in the best.

But it's definitely a win if you ask me. Definitely.

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I could see them being kinda locked to the new graphic update at least, so it will depend on if they release the graphic update ( for content pre dawntrail ) before the release or it will all come with the expansion. we will have to wait and see.

I wonder what the devs excuse will be when the Hrothgals can't wear hats. They don't have long ears getting in the way (they look shorter than Miqo'te's). They don't have the slouch the males have. All they'd have to do is make had versions of a dozen or so race-only hairstyles.

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

I am in love with the Female Hrothgar racial Gear!

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And those references to the Queen's costume that many have been wanting are actually here, no less. With the release of male Viera and female Hrothgar, you can feel how much care and love was put into every detail, and it's amazing.

http://cdn.discordapp.com/attachment...ad4f534d9f379&

http://cdn.discordapp.com/attachment...0bb117c498a2f&

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Originally Posted by Roda

From my discord (...)
https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...792&height=300
(The one on the right is definitely for those who can't handle the animalistic features, love the one on the left tho♥)

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They look alright! Bigger than my tastes, but still feminine enough, particularly the face on the right and left. The middle face is a bit weird, but overall not a bad reveal!

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

Nah, I'd rather them release the female hrothgar as they said they would.

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Well now that we have female Hrothgar, we'll probably be getting hats soon.

I realized there is something that bothers me with the faces.
Some faces are completely bland of any face marking or fur pattern which is weird for a feline.

I don't know if anyone else agrees?

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

They look alright! Bigger than my tastes, but still feminine enough, particularly the face on the right and left. The middle face is a bit weird, but overall not a bad reveal!

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The one on the right is my favorite of the three. Looks like a combination of a roe and miqote.

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Originally Posted by Pip_Chick

oooooooo! Good detective work! Hand wraps is my favourite, and not just because she has Pip's colouration, I promise!
There is more proof with the far right having almost identical face markings, like face 4 males!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDNrLJ1W...pg&name=medium

As for me, I absolutely adore them! 100% Female Hrothgar Day 1!

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def making an alt!

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Originally Posted by CKNovel

I realized there is something that bothers me with the faces.
Some faces are completely bland of any face marking or fur pattern which is weird for a feline.

I don't know if anyone else agrees?

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Now, when you've said it... Hm! They definitely have that signature feline eye rim! :D And judging by the concept (was shown right after the trailer) at least the tattoos that weren't included in the first reveal and the standard makeup set for everyone.
I would guess that, as with male Viera, we were given an idea, saving the details for the benchmark.

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Originally Posted by CKNovel

I realized there is something that bothers me with the faces.
Some faces are completely bland of any face marking or fur pattern which is weird for a feline.

I don't know if anyone else agrees?

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iirc thats how Lost's faces are for males if you toggle off their tribal tats. The female on the promo site has spots like Helions do, the fur pattern will possibly be clan split again or maybe something you can add in the "extra" tab

https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...SzMpRK5mFA.jpg

in game models look kinda uncanny

I will not play it, but l upvoted for this and am glad it is finally added to the game

Oh man, I was a bit put off by what I saw yesterday (esp the prerender :/ rush job?), but seeing all these pictures has me in a much better place on how I feel about fem hroth!
They have the perfect energy range of femininity to androgyny that I like in female races.
It's so unfortunate I have a dealbreaker with the way fem roes walk/run, but for once I'll have a female main which is honestly so refreshing and exciting :D
I can't wait for the benchmark to get some saves and screenshots and really see all the options.

I keep rewatching the first reveal... Everything in it! is! so! wonderful! Color palette, music, camera angles. The moment when the Hrothgar lady takes a deep breath and disappears from the cliff in one jump is literally mesmerizing! Can't wait, really. I'm literally shaking with desire to see everything in action with my own eyes!
Besides, as one of the users here before aptly said, this race has great potential. For me, it’s the lore, the design, and the characterization, because you literally feel this energy and strength coming from them.
At least give us benchmark soon! Please! My bets are for the end of the festival or a week after, since I would guess that our girl from the New World should be the first of a new. Although note: she will appear BEFORE the 7.0 graphical updates. And call me a dreamer, but this gives a hope.

Hmmm, the more I look at their faces, the more I feel more work needs to be done on them. Not bestial enough and all that jazz. Their body is fine, though.

I worry they may not be able to have fangs due to how small their mouths are (worried about whiskers, too).

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Originally Posted by Nestama

Hmmm, the more I look at their faces, the more I feel more work needs to be done on them. Not bestial enough and all that jazz. Their body is fine, though.

I worry they may not be able to have fangs due to how small their mouths are (worried about whiskers, too).

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Was playing in the CC with some male Hrothgar options, the nose and jaw options can make the snoot bigger or smaller. They could have made the females to have the same, as for the fengs, I really hope we will have them, the thought of small cute cat fengs is so adorable to me, I must haz it as an option!
And I am very happy with how they look, it could have been much worse, but what we got seem to make a lot of people happy. I can't wait to be one!

Honestly, They'd fit easily in to a Rock, Metal band so easily as Singer or etc.

And Seeing Solution 9, as well in a Fantasy Rendition of a Cyberpunk World.
(though Solution 9 gives me more Neptunian Vibes)

At least that's what I got from the race gear.

[AND I've unintentionally amped myself alil, can't wait to see what other styles or genres they can be dressed/geared in to give different feels. Some more Softer, others more Strict. Some more Relaxd, some more Hardened.]