Hyur facial hair

Why is it we don't have the new hyur facial hair like the mc from thge trailer. It looks great compared to the others we have and would love to use it myself. Is anyone else dissapointed we might not be able to use this?


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I assume it's part of the specific character model for that character (even if he otherwise looks like he's built in the character creator) simply because they haven't ever added any new options to the menu that includes beards and other individual features. Maybe they'll surprise us, but I would think they'd have made more of a fuss about it if they were adding new options to the old faces.

I also figure that even if they could add new options in general, they might not want to include new beards because of the way those elements toggle on and off. They seem to care more about reliably good-looking designs over deeper customisation, and might not like the possibility of people turning on both beards at once!

And I'm guessing it can't be done through hairstyles because those seem to be a fixed shape, but beards need to adjust along with the face settings that alter the position of the cheeks and chin.

So yeah. They might surprise us, but I don't think it's very likely. (I also don't think they should have made that design in the first place if they can't implement it, but with their overall approach to what they tell us about their character design choices, it doesn't seem improbable that they'd do it.)

Two Hyur faces have pretty decent facial hair and it's the more rugged looking faces. But sadly the MC of the trailer's face has very..uh "Just hitting puberty" stache in game, would be nice to add more facial hair options for them.

Edit: I'm pretty sure they were going to add the stubble to the game?

Huh, I thought they did, given how that hairstyle is now added for Midlander and Highlander.

was that hairstyle being added? I think that looked kinda cool.

The new hairstyle is present as a customisation option in the benchmark, so it's a safe bet that it'll be available with the expansion's launch.

The stubble, however, isn't a customisation option at the moment. Yet Yoshi-P recently spoke about it during a Q&A session. I can't recall which one, but perhaps someone else can dig it up if they happen to have it to hand.

We must not give up the push until we get it, though! ;)

Stubble or riot.

It is a brutal tease if you put a new face customization in the benchmark that nobody can access.
Pretty sure they "forgot" to add it or they will add it with another way (perhaps a wearable item like a helm?).
It's sad we can't have simple things as facial hair in this game.
Or eyebrows...........

It's also pretty dumb that you have to buy a Fantasia to even change the face style/ or even a simple thing like eye color on your character. But yes that beard looks so much better then the current Hyur beard wich looks super ugly imo.

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Originally Posted by snipski

It's also pretty dumb that you have to buy a Fantasia to even change the face style/ or even a simple thing like eye color on your character.

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It's logical though. The stuff you can change at the aesthetician is (with a few quirks) mostly "decorative" - hair, face paint and jewellery. While the things that require a Fantasia involve changing the character's actual body at a genetic level.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

The stubble, however, isn't a customisation option at the moment. Yet Yoshi-P recently spoke about it during a Q&A session. I can't recall which one, but perhaps someone else can dig it up if they happen to have it to hand.

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I did read that, unless it's a separate one. He said he was surprised people were even asking about it, and said something to the effect that "if it's in the trailer, I'm sure we can do it in game".

People have interpreted this as "of course he's just trolling and it's already programmed in", but what if that response is genuine? What if he simply assumed it's doable, without realising the technicalities?


I just think it's a dangerous thing at this point to assume ANYTHING is coming in the character creator unless we have a definite statement that it'll be there. It just sets up for disappointment and a whole load of "a friend of a friend told me that Yoshi-P promised! Where is it?!"

Odd they released the hairstyle (which looks very good on both female and male characters), but the stubble was not there. :(

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Originally Posted by Laerune

Odd they released the hairstyle (which looks very good on both female and male characters), but the stubble was not there. :(

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It's not odd. They're not connected, it's just two features on one face.

He has a new hairstyle that wasn't previously available, but they regularly add extra hairstyles to the character creator, so it's been added and it's nothing remarkable. (Just like the two styles from the Stormblood trailer were added.)

And there's stubble which hasn't been seen before - but the existing varieties are added through a menu unrelated to hairstyles that has never been updated. There is no precedent for getting new things added, no matter how often they've been asked for.

It could still happen, but there is no reason to be certain that it will happen, if you're setting yourself (or others) up for disappointment if-and-when it becomes clear that it isn't happening.

Really wish all the facial hair options were available on all the faces, including this one of course.

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Originally Posted by snipski

It's also pretty dumb that you have to buy a Fantasia to even change the face style/ or even a simple thing like eye color on your character. But yes that beard looks so much better then the current Hyur beard wich looks super ugly imo.

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Ummm.... you don't. You just have to visit Jandeline to change your hair, facial features, and even eye color can be changed there.

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Originally Posted by Kaedan

Ummm.... you don't. You just have to visit Jandeline to change your hair, facial features, and even eye color can be changed there.

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Pretty sure you can't change eye colour, only the 'rim' around the eye for Au'ra. For actual face shape, which is what the 'facial hair' is tied into - you have to fantasia if you want specific facial hair. Not all faces have the same facial hair.

I hate how beards, scars and other facial options are handled in this game, hey, lets make facial hair tied to specific faces and give only 2 kinds of beard to each one, specific beards are also tied to race, so do enjoy this oddly specific and particularly egregious restriction.

I would love for them to take the time to fix up the current problems with the character creator before adding more, I myself would love stubble for my elf, I like the beard I have now, but I would love for something lighter without being clean shaven.

Same with Beauty mark placement and racial tattoo type are tied to which face you're using.

Hear, hear! True it should be added!

And add nippls pls SE its so weird not having them!

The only thing I want to be added in character creation is

> Real eyebrows for Highlanders <

Tired of using the face paint that doesn't even match hair color unless it's black. Lore explains why they shave them, sure, but doesn't mean they can't grow them, it's just stupid.

Oh well and a second thing but I can live without it: a short hairstyle like the one in Stormblood, but without the stuff on the right side. Just a normal, short hair like that.

More beards in general would be great. I would love an actual full beard for all the races instead of it being linked to face. And of course Highlander eyebrows is a must for the Highlander fans! Sure you can face paint them but actual eyebrows would be better.