Regarding Hrothgar and Benchmark

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Originally Posted by Alacran

Called it then, laughing now. I was never a fan of Hrothgar, the fact their face/hair are tied shows them to be little more than mask wearing Rogadyne with tails and bad posture. Implementation of Aura didn't separate horns, so i see no reason to expect a change with Hrothgar. I will not continue to call the dev team lazy, however i will see this as further proof Hrothgar was a mistake. Sadly Male Viera were sacrificed for a race with limited customization.

http://i.imgur.com/0Zc7f4d.gif

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"Male Viera were sacrificed for a race with limited customization"
I'm gonna refer you to Cidel's signature, can't sacrifice what you never had, or was never promised. :^)

This is rather disappointing, though. I wonder if we will have more options in the launch build.

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Originally Posted by Renthas

This is rather disappointing, though. I wonder if we will have more options in the launch build.

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-*remembers how people hoped about au ra having sticked horns+faces only because it's benchmark and having more options on release-* .......doubtful, tbh. /sigh

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Originally Posted by Halivel

-*remembers how people hoped about au ra having sticked horns+faces only because it's benchmark and having more options on release-* .......doubtful, tbh. /sigh

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I am doubtful as well. I will still roll a Hrothgar, though, as I've been wanting a beast race since day 1, and I love lions. Plus GNB's ability names...they really didn't just tack GNB onto Hrothgar's lore, they made it really really fitting.

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Originally Posted by Alacran

Called it then, laughing now. I was never a fan of Hrothgar, the fact their face/hair are tied shows them to be little more than mask wearing Rogadyne with tails and bad posture. Implementation of Aura didn't separate horns, so i see no reason to expect a change with Hrothgar. I will not continue to call the dev team lazy, however i will see this as further proof Hrothgar was a mistake. Sadly Male Viera were sacrificed for a race with limited customization.

http://i.imgur.com/0Zc7f4d.gif

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After seeing this I must say I'd rather have male viera 1000 times over male hrot. Male hrot are soooooooo unfinished and we can only hope they make them better for launch

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Originally Posted by Renthas

Plus GNB's ability names...they really didn't just tack GNB onto Hrothgar's lore, they made it really really fitting.

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My eyes catched only "Rough divide", which is a first Squall's limit break. And well, Hrothgars as job creatures are ff8 reference, too, so not surprised about it at all.

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Originally Posted by Halivel

My eyes catched only "Rough divide", which is a first Squall's limit break. And well, Hrothgars as job creatures are ff8 reference, too, so not surprised about it at all.

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GNB has abilities like Abdomen Tear, Eye Gouge, Jugular Rip, Heart of Stone, No Mercy, and Demon Slaughter. Those were the ones that stood out the most, regarding the connection to Hrothgar.

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Originally Posted by Renthas

GNB has abilities like Abdomen Tear, Eye Gouge, Jugular Rip, Heart of Stone, No Mercy, and Demon Slaughter. Those were the ones that stood out the most, regarding the connection to Hrothgar.

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Well, I wouldn't really connect them with Hrothgars specifically, but they do represent the feel of Job, I think.

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Originally Posted by Halivel

Well, I wouldn't really connect them with Hrothgars specifically, but they do represent the feel of Job, I think.

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They stood out to me because in the Hrothgar lore, when they first arrived, they were seen as wild and vicious until they learned to speak the common tongue, then were discovered to be very civilized. Works well too because of Hrothgar being the first beast race in the game, and the latter 3 because of Hrothgar being the origins of Gunbreakers and Gunbreakers are Queensguard. Their tank stance is also called "Royal Guard," which I really like, and paired with Demon Slaughter makes me think of Devil May Cry lol

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Originally Posted by zeylos

After seeing this I must say I'd rather have male viera 1000 times over male hrot. Male hrot are soooooooo unfinished and we can only hope they make them better for launch

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Lack of hairstyle choice now suddenly means a race is unfinished. By that logic, female Viera are also unfinished due to the limited hairstyles they can choose (I checked the HW benchmark and Au Ra females had the same amount of options that were available back then).

I really hope that this is only for the benchmark because that would be disappointing. I was fine with them restricting the headgear because most good glamour (imo) are for the other parts of the body and its kinda nice to look at their faces...but hair? That truly just feels more like: We could not be bothered to fix the hair for the race so here have four..(if that is the case of course) which then really leaves me with the question: Why bother with this half race anyway?

(Also did I miss it or is there no wolf face? All I see is just different lion ones)