So...when are hyurs going to be able to look like this? (SPOILERS)

Humans or should I say "hyurs" in this game are just too plain looking, meanwhile our non playable counterparts actually look like they could be the primal slaying, war ending, entire universe saving Warrior of Light.
Spoiler images if you haven't finished the EW MSQ yet.

What NPCs get:
https://i.imgur.com/pSQxTCr.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/kk4wFUp.png
Yes I added trial bosses because they look better than we do ok?https://i.imgur.com/xsPLws6.png
Even the ever plain Lyse received an updated face with eyelashes and better eyebrows.

After they add the furry girls, do you suppose they could start giving the old races some love? Especially when they're going to keep rubbing it in our face how much better looking these NPCs look next to us.
And before you ask I do care about every other aspect of FFXIV, I enjoy it. Just don't understand why we can't look as bussin as these NPCs they keep adding.

If I remember correctly, and it was said a long long time ago in a forum far far away, they don't want players able to look like any of the story NPC's, why they all have a unique face model.

It'd be great to get more faces.

Square is very odd, at times they want NPC to be unique and they withhold faces and hairstyle and other times they sell them. One would think if they wanted money would sell those options in MOG Shop, but for some reason they don't even do that.

Very odd.

It'd be great to have a texture touch up to look that smooth, but not necessarily look like them.

I thought it was because they are the elder race , before Elezen became the gifted race gifted by the gods ( the twelve) that we dont know whom they are , and as we were told at the end of EW , to find out who they are , its most likely that Acians and Elezen share hereditary traits

They have some unique human and Elezen faces (without the ears), and Elezen like bodies



This is of course speculation.

Five of those are not Hyur, they are Amaurotine/Ancient God/Failed Science Experiment. It's understandable that we can't look just like the perfect god-like beings of eld; the entire story is focused on the idea that we can't and shouldn't want to be those perfect god-like beings of eld.

It would be cool to look more like Lyse though.

I mean... they (mostly) have elezen faces and bodies, so really if anyone elezen should get those options!

/s

Obviously, more choices would be nice for everyone. I do hope that rather than adding any new races, they now concentrate on updating the older ones.

Not sure on the others but Hythlo has a male Viera face.

The first picture looks like a male Viera without ears tbh.

If you want to look like one of the Ancients, roll a Viera or Elezen.

I was thinking the same thing this entire expansion. NPC's have such detailed and unique faces. None of the original races have been updated since 2013 game launch, we need some updated texture/character customization options.

Also give us some of the NPC hairstyles like Hilda, Lyse, Yuguri, etc.

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Originally Posted by NegativeS

Five of those are not Hyur, they are Amaurotine/Ancient God/Failed Science Experiment. It's understandable that we can't look just like the perfect god-like beings of eld; the entire story is focused on the idea that we can't and shouldn't want to be those perfect god-like beings of eld.

It would be cool to look more like Lyse though.

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You're not wrong, but I was making more of a generalization and comparison since hyurs would be the closest counterpart to the ancients appearance-wise if you get my drift.

I just wish I could have a nice long beard.

most of those arent hyurs you moist banana

I just want their bright eyes

I think my character looks fine. What Hyurs really need are some animation changes for running, both male and female midlanders, I guess male highlanders as well. They look too stiff as of right now. Also, most of the important Ancients look more like Viera to me while the minor NPCs look more like Elezen, I guess in general they are more of a mix between Viera, Elezen and Hyur.

Pretty sure all these are just viera without ears except lyse and meteion lol

Become bnuuy and enjoy smooth Amaurotine skin.

Hyurs definitely need some new, quality, face options, or at least an update to customization options. Midlander (female) should also get a new (potentially additional) animation set, but I'm doubtful that would happen.

They seem to be mixtures of Viera and Elezen with hyur ears…? I am not sure if their posture is one or unique. But they have a few unique mixed elements. They sure do have the elezen hight I think? Because my miqo’te looks small next to the grown ups and she has my irl hight, now I am short anyway compared to a lot of north-west Europeans.

I find it funny how people have been saying the same reasoning for years now, ever since Lyse’s face was revealed. When in reality, there’s really only one reason:

Square Enix doesn’t want to and/or are very lazy. Especially when it comes to improving current character customization.

Also going to point out that some of the designs are from Yoshitaka Amano, and those will never be the mainstream face design because it's so distinctly stylized.

Where is the glorious Emet-Selch in your examples? I love his face lol.

What about the Garleans? Their faces are so uniquely chiseled I wasn't even surprised that the Reaper quest NPC was Garlean purely because she had a distinguished face.

We only start with 8/14ths of a soul, so we can only look 8/14ths as good as an Ancient.

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Originally Posted by BerkananSap

Humans or should I say "hyurs" in this game are just too plain looking, meanwhile our non playable counterparts actually look like they could be the primal slaying, war ending, entire universe saving Warrior of Light.
Spoiler images if you haven't finished the EW MSQ yet.

What NPCs get:
https://i.imgur.com/pSQxTCr.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/kk4wFUp.png
Yes I added trial bosses because they look better than we do ok?https://i.imgur.com/xsPLws6.png
Even the ever plain Lyse received an updated face with eyelashes and better eyebrows.

After they add the furry girls, do you suppose they could start giving the old races some love? Especially when they're going to keep rubbing it in our face how much better looking these NPCs look next to us.
And before you ask I do care about every other aspect of FFXIV, I enjoy it. Just don't understand why we can't look as bussin as these NPCs they keep adding.

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NPC #3 is actually sporting a modified version of male viera face #3
https://i.imgur.com/HBuryKJ.png Demonstration of such.