Au Ra Feature Suggestions (post-7.0)

Short female Au Ra bother me because the males aren't, and that's an MMO (but not just) character design trope that I'm sick to death of, personally. But, like I said, I'm not saying they should make them taller across the board at this point, merely bump up their upper height limit to something more reasonable in relation to male Au Ra, for those people (like me) who want that

Stretching short creates that pesky Uncanny Valley effect :3

I'm not expecting a rise in the number of customisable features beyond what the existing template could handle, and changes beyond the face don't seem possible because that would require multiple versions of gear pieces.

That said, the system they've rigged up for changing Hrothgar hairstyles – apparently switching out entire faces in the back end that are identical except for the hair – suggests that they should be able to use that same system to add one more feature edit option for other races. Au Ra horns seem like a perfect candidate.

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Originally Posted by Tsiron

Short female Au Ra bother me because the males aren't, and that's an MMO (but not just) character design trope that I'm sick to death of, personally. But, like I said, I'm not saying they should make them taller across the board at this point, merely bump up their upper height limit to something more reasonable in relation to male Au Ra, for those people (like me) who want that

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A compromise I would accept.

You get your height, while I keep my shortness.

Let's raise the upper limit on Lala height while we're at it. Right up to the Roe limit.
Gods, it's scary even imagining it. ;)

<starts imagining how a lala who had its aether count enhanced in a certain part of the story would compare In size to normal people> Attack on LaLa.

in all seriousness though.

I hope they at least start showing Concepts whenever they speak of the future again. with at least new faces, and horns.

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Originally Posted by Tsiron

Short female Au Ra bother me because the males aren't, and that's an MMO (but not just) character design trope that I'm sick to death of, personally. But, like I said, I'm not saying they should make them taller across the board at this point, merely bump up their upper height limit to something more reasonable in relation to male Au Ra, for those people (like me) who want that

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Yeah but It's race/gender differences, good example is the female buns being taller then the males which adds more of difference between races, I don't think it's a bad thing that female auras are a lot shorter then males in general, But I'm always for more options like female auras being taller or even having more shorter male auras ect, I don't mind the trope of "women short" if in the same game they show tall women like buns and stuff, the diversity really builds up, But y'know I wouldn't be opposed to taller female auras if it doesn't come at the cost of changing smaller female aura designs

My problem is when existing stuff like

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2) Longer Tails - I'll not mince words, going into character creation some 2 years ago now to make my character and finding that their tails could only be that big (i.e. not at all) was incredibly disappointing. Female Au Ra tails look a bit better/more proportionate, but the males' are a joke...

I'm not going to suggest they enlarge the existing tails because not everyone's into the aesthetic, but instead they could add one or two extra that are longer than what is currently available (...) Another mock-up of one such option:

https://i.imgur.com/KlC6ex0.jpg

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I have definitely thought similar. The tails for male au ra just don't look very good, in my opinion. I have also thought they would have benefited from tails that more fit their overall design, or something longer as shown, conceptually.

Personally, the things that I don't really like about male au ra in particular are their bodyshape (specifically their midsection), animations, and general tail shape/length (as said above).

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

Personally, the things that I don't really like about male au ra in particular are their bodyshape (specifically their midsection), ...

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Agreed. Their midsection reminds me of Gumby's:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...c/Gumby_sm.png
I also think that the horns make them too top-heavy, possibly because of the big shoulders.

Controversial(?) opinion but I actually like the shape male Au Ra are lol