Originally Posted by
IndigoDarkwolf
On the one hand, this sounds like it would be a straightforward variant of the race. It might be able to use the same animation skeletons as existing Miqo'te, minus any attachments to the tail bones. Something tells me the animators wouldn't let that happen, though, and would insist on a full set of animation variants to give the race a little more differentiation and "because we can make it look a little bit better, we promise". On the other hand, it would most likely require a new set of most headgear, as everything that tried to fully cover Miqo'te ears would either have to be modified to cover the longer ears of the new tribe or would have to forgo ear covering at all. New meshes would tempt the art team into making all-new variants, rather than trying to shortcut the process by chopping off pieces of existing helmets, filling the seams, and re-exporting the results.