Well, since viera can select different ears and size for it.
Is it possible we can get horn customization for au ra?
Au ra horn customization
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11-24-2019, 10:16 AMCalcilisAu ra horn customization
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11-24-2019, 10:19 AMOmymy
That race needs someone to cure the Psoriasis they suffer.
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11-24-2019, 10:25 AMCalcilisI don mind scales on body's but imo I don like it when there scales on the forehead, which is one of the reason why I don use hair without bangs on au raQuote:
Originally Posted by Omymy
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11-24-2019, 11:08 AMSturmChurro
Nope. "Limitations". :)
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11-24-2019, 11:38 AMmyahele
They already addressed this years ago. They're aware this is requested by players, but can't do it due to "limitations"
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11-24-2019, 11:41 AMCalcilis
"limitation"
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11-24-2019, 11:53 AMRubixCube
At the moment, I think I’d prefer them to focus on fixing the viera / hrothgar issue (and I say this as someone who’s been the same au’ra for two years!). However, once they address that, it would be very cool to be able to customise and decorate horns more!
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11-24-2019, 01:04 PMIscahIn terms of character customisation settings, Viera ears are equivalent to Au Ra tails. A choice of shape settings plus a length slider.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcilis
It depends on personal taste and character design though! For my male Au Ra alt, I'd picked the face #3 that doesn't have forehead scales, and I wanted them - I had to use face paint to make it look like he has them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcilis
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11-24-2019, 01:16 PMTheodricIt's all the more reason for them to completely rebuild the character creation system from the ground up. The longer they leave it, the worse the situation will be - especially when the game places such a heavy emphasis upon character customisation.Quote:
Originally Posted by myahele
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11-24-2019, 01:23 PMSturmChurroThat will be for the next FF mmo. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Theodric
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11-24-2019, 01:25 PMNessaWyvern
Grow to love the fins on the one face that doesn't look too weird. Fins is love, fins is life.
(That being said, horn customisation would be nice. I would also like to pick a different spot on the horns to put earrings, as the placement just has them hidden most of the time) -
11-24-2019, 02:26 PMCalcilisNot sure a total rebuild is possible, as alot of npc also uses the system.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Theodric
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11-24-2019, 02:48 PMTheodricPresumably they'd have to carry everything over somehow, but I'm sure they could find a way to do it without breaking things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcilis
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11-24-2019, 02:50 PMCalcilis
Hope, as major npc also uses the system but with unique parts like yugiri hair and eyes
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11-24-2019, 03:36 PMrance-sama
Something, something limitations small family company please understand.
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11-24-2019, 03:56 PMSoge01I always think this to myself about many parts of this game. The longer they wait to fix something the more difficult it'll become down the road. This game needs to better prioritize fixing existing issues instead of trying to add the next shiny gimmick like Diadam and Eureka. :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Theodric
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11-24-2019, 10:10 PMSturmChurroFix what? There is no issue with character creation, it just has a lack of options. They don't need an overhaul no matter how many people would want it. They do not consider viera or hrothgar as broken either if those would be brought up, those were "design decisions". Having horns locked to face isn't an issue, it's just a lack of options. The tail would be the equivalent to ears, and be glad it is, if horns were the equivalent to viera ears, then it's likely au ra would also have no headgear as well. They are slow in anything they do and people actually think they would do an overhaul, and if a character creation overhaul would stifle development of entire questlines and modes like Eureka then it probably isn't worth it, and that is their thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soge01
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11-24-2019, 10:29 PMIscahI'm not keen on the face that goes with the fin-horns, personally - but I do agree with the general concept. Pick the character for the aspects you do like, and you might get used to the ones that you don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by NessaWyvern
Earring placement on Au Ra is definitely odd, but I think it's because it would be linked to the basic character model and not the individual face/horns you apply to it - so the earrings have to sit somewhere that 'exists' on all four very-differently-shaped horn models, and the base is the easiest place to put them. (I just use Emperor's New Earrings for my character anyway - it doesn't really make sense for them to be wearing designed-for-human earrings, and the character-creator-applied horn decorations look better.)
It's not just "major NPCs" - all NPCs except a few special models use the character creator settings, and would be affected by any changes to it. But yes, they can do a lot with custom models that the players don't have access to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcilis
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11-25-2019, 01:13 AMNimsWasn't it stated that the lack of options were directly tied to limitations and/or having too many options would end up harming the servers? So it is a lack of option but because of technical reason that they should...eventually "fix".Quote:
Originally Posted by SturmChurro
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11-25-2019, 01:31 AMSturmChurroQuote:
Originally Posted by Nims
That post was over 4 years ago. I'm sure they are working hard to "fix" it.Quote:
Originally Posted by myahele
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11-25-2019, 02:59 AMBiddyBatnana
Sadly I don't think they will improve the character creation any time soon.
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11-25-2019, 03:41 AMArngrim_GreyasheChurro dropping FACTS!Quote:
Originally Posted by SturmChurro
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11-25-2019, 04:20 AMSockOutletI think the limitations the game has only allows for a few features to change like that. For viera and Elezen and lalafel it is our ears. For Miqo'te and Au'ra it is the tails. Hyur and roegydan are allowed different amounts of muscle. I wish we could get an upgraded engine for the game....we probably could but I doubt square enix will give the team money and time to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calcilis
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11-25-2019, 04:58 AMNimsThat's why I shouldn't gloss over posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by SturmChurro
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11-25-2019, 08:25 AMIscah
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one actually happy with the character customisation in the game.
Yes you could come up with a long list of additional features it would be nice to have.
Yes there are some annoying limitations. It's a game. It's not reality and it's never going to be the free-rein creativity of inventing a character in your mind.
All this doesn't make the character designs, or range of choice, inadequate to me.
I have seven characters with greatly different appearances that appeal to me; more than ten if you include retainers and unstarted characters. The art style is wonderful and I just love seeing them 'come alive' in the game.
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It should be clear at this point that they aren't able to update the creator without a total overhaul. Maybe they genuinely looked into whether they could implement horn colour (or that beard people keep asking for) and concluded they can't. The character creator is a rigid template that they either can't or don't want to fix because it's too deeply embedded in the code.
Those limitations do not made it inadequate and in need of fixing.
And if they did put the time and effort into overhauling it and rebuilding every bit of code for character display and fixed every NPC to use the new-and-improved system...players would move onto complaining about the next thing they didn't think to add to the options, and how it's not good enough that we can't micromanage scale placement on Au Ra, or something.
Or just complain about how it's suddenly taking five times longer to load into a busy city, and the game isn't dealing with crowds as well as it used to.