Prolly because it's way easier to make understandable quotes in english than japanese, We're more likely to botch their language than them.
Saw a twitter thread from a modder pointing out that hrothgar are the only race besides hyur where the ears are actually attached to the head.
Which means they had to make whole new head models to have no ears with these hairs.
So lack of effort is probably the wrong term, there was effort. They literally went out of their way to look incompetent, they intentionally did this.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP0tn-kX...g&name=360x360
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP0tn-gW...g&name=360x360
Even if that's the case, it's trivial to resolve. One can very easily just remove the ears and close the gaps left behind or better yet, not even bother closing the gaps because the hair would cover the holes in their head anyway and then just literally copy-paste the ears onto the hair models.
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
They made a whole new head model without ears. When they could have just left the ears there, or added ears to the new model.
They intentionally chose not to do so even though it would have been less work, or in the new head model case, trivial to add.
Baffling and infuriating imo.
Mate, you're a Male Miqo'te. Your race only exists because players demanded it. Same for Female Roegadyn. If you're going to go for that argument, see if you're not the pot calling the kettle black. You're just lucky it didn't happen to you, that's all there is to it. It doesn't prevent people from being sympathetic or feeling empathy toward others.
Assuming it's a JP player to begin with. According to Divinemights it could be a CN player. And I don't know how much they actually pay attention to the foreign forums past what they claim to.
But one thing is certain: regardless of how vocal people have been, the prevailing sentiment has been that these hairstyles are not okay. That should count for something.