New Miqo'te Hairstyles? More like single new hairstyle...

So todays developer blog showcased "those new Miqo'te Hairstyles" yet only one of them is new.. Only the female Miqo'te has a new hairstyle were as the male just has the short haired Elezen hairstyle that they already have access to.

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/b...JP20140903.jpg

So why does todays Developer blog use the plural tense that there are more than one new hairstyles for Miqo'te when really it's just the one female one and a currently already obtainable one for males?

This is the hairstyle the Miqo'te in the above image has:
http://i.imgur.com/UfDKz9U.png

So misleading. D:

1. The Male Miqo's position makes it hard to distinguish if it's the same one, as far as I can see, I can spot differences to the pic you linked.

2. They don't necessarily have to include the new hairstyle on the pic.

That is definitely not the same male hairstyle, though I can't disagree they look similar from this perspective. Maybe the front has more distinguishable differences. (It looks to me like it may have side-swept bangs that cover at least most of one eye.)

They do look similar with the angle but like posters above me, I can see some differences there. For starters, in the top one, the hair doesnt sweep back past the ears in the same way, and the back of the head looks smoother/brushed.

It's hard to tell but it also looks like the bangs on the top one might be longer over the left side of the face.

Goes without saying, they didn't try too hard to make it look too different for the male lol.
I see the difference but I also see similarities but sweet lord I love the female one!

It's a different hairstyle

it's a different hairstyle, the new picture has a bigger side bang while the current hairstyle has a lot more 'spikey'... Idk how to call those. XD

While we're on the subject, I find the concept of 'male' and 'female' hairstyles utterly laughable. I should be able to wear whatever hairstyle I want, gender norms be damned.

The selection on both sexes is pathetic to begin with. Limiting it even more by making some hairstyles only selectable for one or the other only makes the problem even worse.

Too many short hair styles for male that almost look the same.

That needs to stop that's lazy as hell.

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Originally Posted by chocomaid

1. The Male Miqo's position makes it hard to distinguish if it's the same one, as far as I can see

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No its the same, some of the hair has been turned around but same hairstyle.

Its a lazy re-hash. I don't like seeing double of the same style its a wasted spot for something better.

I don't know who is in charge of hairstyles but stop making dupes of same hair then changing positioning or adding to it.

Earn your due don't slap strands of hair and say its new.

The female looks like they tried at least but lazy part on male side.

*sigh* again with this re-hashing mentality and call it new, really getting tired of this.Is asking for some originality too much, please devs, please, give us something fresh, please

But it is new for Miqo'te.
Or show me in the Miqo'te hair selection this hairstyle (and not in the hair selection of another race)

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Originally Posted by Felis

But it is new for Miqo'te.
Or show me in the Miqo'te hair selection this hairstyle (and not in the hair selection of another race)

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new for females of course.

That hairstyle is not new for male characters, I started out with that hairstyle its been changed though but cutting off or adding or flipping the hairstyle isn't new.

Its re-hashing original hair when they could be making a new style instead.

Now a question I have is: Does anyone know when it will be released? (Probably not yet)
I really like the female one :)

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Originally Posted by HeroSamson

new for females of course.

That hairstyle is not new for male characters, I started out with that hairstyle its been changed though but cutting off or adding or flipping the hairstyle isn't new.

Its re-hashing original hair when they could be making a new style instead.

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old for Elezeen =/= old for Miqo'te

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Originally Posted by Kake_Jojo

*sigh* again with this re-hashing mentality and call it new, really getting tired of this.Is asking for some originality too much, please devs, please, give us something fresh, please

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But people are ok with gear rehash with switched around stats tho? lol

Prob. getting 2-3 new choices, just like with all the other past new, hair styles.

I love the female one. :3 I agree the male one is too similar.

What I wouldn't give for a new SHORT male hair style...

I'm happy that they are giving folks some long hairstyle options for females... but can we also have some new short styles too. Not everyone likes long hair.

I think that they haven't put in any short styles because of the lack of ears on the sides of miqo'tes' heads. It would (probably) look strange having a humanoid without ears in the normal place. If you think about it, pretty much all hairstyles we have now cover the area of the head where, if you were a human, the ears would be.

Back to the original post (and as I have said in a previous thread on the same topic) the hairstyle is different, but from the angle they gave us it looks pretty similar to the ones we already have. Having said that, you'd have to wait until it's released in game or they release a frontal picture to say for sure.

There are many hair styles I can envision for cat people :P no excuses
Atleast give us some of the ones from other races. I would love the short hair styles from Highlander females.
Not to mention Alihabra, your characters' hair would look cool on a female miqote too :P

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Originally Posted by Vespar

There are many hair styles I can envision for cat people :P no excuses
Atleast give us some of the ones from other races. I would love the short hair styles from Highlander females.
Not to mention Alihabra, your characters' hair would look cool on a female miqote too :P

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They really need to make all the hair unisex...easy way to instantly double hair options.

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/phot...1-1135-636.jpg

If they just gave me this hairstyle I would just look at my character all day, i'd never log out ever!

Its probably due to the angle. But I don't see a significant difference btw the new hairstyle and the old one for males.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

There are many hair styles I can envision for cat people :P no excuses
Atleast give us some of the ones from other races. I would love the short hair styles from Highlander females.
Not to mention Alihabra, your characters' hair would look cool on a female miqote too :P

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Why thank-you! As for the making every hairstyle non-gender or race-specific, as cliché as it sounds, variety is the spice of life. I'm not going to say no to more choices, nor do I think that many other players would either. I can't think of any other styles I, personally, would particularly want, but then again that is just my humble opinion :)

This may just be me feeling like I need to be special... But I still feel that at least a couple should remain to their particular gender/race so that there is some sort of uniqueness to being whatever race/gender you are.

Which is not normal my friend, people should be more demanding, devs should be more creative. Every time they announce some ''new'' gears, I get my hopes up and end up disappointed,
WHY Devs, Why do you do that, I am sad now

Answering to Kaeren Wagner

I'm all for uniqueness... and therefore the reason to make all current hairstyles available to all classes is simple, I can get an identical haircut to someone else but what makes it unique is that I don't look exactly like that other person in terms of physical attributes/hair color etc. Because hair is changeable I feel like all hairstyles should be available to everyone, so we can have more ways in which to be "unique". Even if those male characters want pony tails / pig tails, let them have em! >_>

Not sure if any of that made sense per se, but I'm hoping the idea got across.

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Originally Posted by Kake_Jojo

Which is not normal my friend, people should be more demanding, devs should be more creative. Every time they announce some ''new'' gears, I get my hopes up and end up disappointed,
WHY Devs, Why do you do that, I am sad now

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No, I do believe and agree that each batch release is too little and I'd like to see more per release. But the devs has made a statement that the hairstyles will be released on a race rotational basis and some people are acting like SE is going back on their own words and neglecting them. I can understand if SE said what they said and then went on to release something like hyur, roe, elezen, miqote, miqote, miqote, miqote, miqote, lala before starting at hyur again and non miqote players get upset about 'not having gotten a new hairstyle in a while'.

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Originally Posted by Gardes

I don't get people like you. They've clearly stated that the hairstyles would come in rotation of races. As far as I can remember, we haven't even gotten past the 1st rotation very far. I'm not even sure if this one is the start of the 2nd loop or near the end of the 1st loop but male elezens did get a new hairstyle that was intended for them before it got distributed to everyone else. The highlander new styles haven't even been de-exclusive'd. Seriously stop whining about how your race hasn't gotten a 2nd batch (that wasn't a share-off). Every other race hasn't.

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Nice, personal insults when I hadn't even been referring to you. Real class act, you are. What was the new exclusive hairstyle exactly, since you're so uppity about it?

Regardless, a single hairstyle for one race every few patches is so few and far between that it's frustrating for those who want to customize their characters more often.