[Poll] Your most wanted character customization feature?

Give me a Gandalf beard please.

Muscle sliders for all.

RGB colour sliders, or something closer to it

Just up the quality on OG races. The difference in face quality between Viera and Hyur for example is pretty huge

definitely a Muscle Slider for all races. And the option for Au'ra to change horns and face individually, instead of both being one thing (and add more horn types while we're at it)

Interesting that the most blatantly apparent part of a character, and one that has been lacking for non-Miqo'te races since 2013, is among the least voted.

Definitely more face options.
Also separate facial hair options that are not tied to faces.
Body type/weight options would be nice too.

I wasnt sure if I should pick "other", or "bodytype" since I want to adjust hip to shoulder ratio. but yeah, nearly half of that list is great.
But I just hate how easy it is to confuse a female character for a male character, due to how wide the shoulders are on females. (Which is done intentionally, to make it easier to animate them, because of some larger sized outfits/clipping)

They prob won't change this because it would impact how much money irl they make off of Fantasia lol but I would really like for all races to be able to change eye color in aesthetician.

Consider it putting on colored contacts - or perhaps offer the crafters the ability to craft colored contacts idk.

But I've used two fantasias to change my eye colors twice (once only changing one eye!) and it felt like a painful use of irl cash to make just one tiny change.

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Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon

But I just hate how easy it is to confuse a female character for a male character

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How could you possibly confuse the two?

I voted more hair variations & more makeup & horn & face paint additions

More and better beards. The current ones are absolutely horrendous

more facial options like paints or scars
i don't like how scars are face/race locked

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Originally Posted by Nothv13

More and better beards. The current ones are absolutely horrendous

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THIS.

I wanted a longer beard for ages....the chin tuft is okay but I was aiming for an older look.

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Originally Posted by Haruka_R

How could you possibly confuse the two?

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Aside obviously lalafells, cats can look very similar when you're not zoomed in on them.

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Originally Posted by ZedxKayn

Aside obviously lalafells, cats can look very similar when you're not zoomed in on them.

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I don't think so, cuz poses.

The character customization is pretty decent i think as it is. there's quite a lot of varety in what you can do...

my most wanted feature though would probably be less of a feature and more of a fox for all those damn clipping issues you get..

i think thats what makes character customization feel as limited as it can because hey there 50 hairstyles to choose from but only 5 that dont have serious clipping issues... makes your choices feel so much more limited.

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Originally Posted by Haruka_R

How could you possibly confuse the two?

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stand behind a female character with the widest shoulders or stand behind any female with fending gear. (which cuts out any additional curves) and all you're left with, is wide shoulders, narrow hips. Thats the PRIMARY method in which almost all people use to judge the persons gender from a silhouette.

Ive never confused a guy for a female (excluding lalas) but i have confused females for males. The ONLY reason I would come close to confusing a male for a female, is because of clothing, but id have to be pretty far away, and not paying full attention. (Of course ive played the game long enough now, that i can tell the race/gender from just animations, w/o having to actually think about it. and similar for general standing poses.)

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Originally Posted by Haruka_R

I don't think so, cuz poses.

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Such as this^ which is a bias, not because of actual structure of the model.
Ive had plenty of FFXIV players think this is crazy, but its pretty easy to prove. Just get a picture of the backside of the characters, and no distinguishable clothes/hair commonly associated with a gender. (just basic Tshirts, etc) Then show it to someone who doesnt play FFXIV/games. You'll see quickly how many ppl assume the gender based on shoulder to hip ratio.

I know the joke is that all the males in FFXIV look "girly", but its always nonsense. They mostly just mean the faces, and hair. And they let their bias alter their opinion of everything else about the characters body.

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Originally Posted by ZedxKayn

Aside obviously lalafells, cats can look very similar when you're not zoomed in on them.

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Such as this^. pure bias. Miqote males are more muscular/wide shouldered than the human midlanders. But everyone pretends they are so effeminate, just because of social bias.

Humans use the shoulder to hip ratio for silhouettes, but prefer to use "faces" as a means to determine gender. This is where the bias comes from, since neotonous* features are more typical of youth or females. (*"Cute") And FFXIV and most japanese products give neotonous facial features to both genders.

(Also reminds me of the complaints WoW players had for blood elf males, saying their bodies were shaped like womens. And im like, wuuuut? They have literal comic book super hero bodies, wide shoulder, massive muscles, etc. But since they compared them to the OTHER males in the game, which were more akin to the Hulk in proportions, they somehow thought blood elf males werent muscular/big. (also easily provable with silhouettes, and comparing to comicbook heroes, vs real life athletes with muscular builds.)

Honestly if you want my opinion on these what I would like.

*Make all Hairstyles universal across all races

*Long hair like Ryne's and Ysales along with a switchable 2nd Short hairstyle (eg. Tied up/Ponytail) that can be toggled like show/hide hats/weapons to solve clipping issues with certain armors.

More custom options for Au'Ra like multiple scale patterns or increased/decrease scale coverage.

Muscle tone options for all races.

Possible improved face and body size adjust sliders.