I can’t ignore this anymore! Something should be done about it!

[Musai]

lol I had no idea that there was a difference from 1.0 to ARR but I had commented on more than one occasion that while I love my Miqo'te, I thought that she looked "slouchy" and more cute than sexy. Now I know why!

[Dhalmel]

I gotta say this is one nice avatar.

[AeriaKaiser]

I'm saddened by Takeo Suzuki's response.

I'll be the first to admit I didn't expect the "customizable body shape/butt slider" idea to actually get implemented because the difficulty of doing so could be heightened by previous commitments made by the development team. However, I mentally scaled any cons back when considering how the development team has been listening to and planning for suggestions for other types of issues and features. I also feel Japanese culture tends to pay attention to details particularly those surrounding the customization of the representative image of the player. So, yeah, I am sad I cannot fully mold and shape my character into what I'd like her to be.

It's hard to please everyone, and despite my frowny face I'm still very thankful for what features the development team has released thus far. This is just going to be one of those "wake up" moments where we have to realized they're not developing a game for me or you, but for us.

[SolviteSekai]

lol I had no idea that there was a difference from 1.0 to ARR but I had commented on more than one occasion that while I love my Miqo'te, I thought that she looked "slouchy" and more cute than sexy. Now I know why!

Cat girls are moe.

This is a Japanese game. Not a Korean game.

Hence why it doesnt look like Tera.

[Knives]

Hmm, This does kinda suck. I don't think we -need- a butt slider (would be nice though), but a remodeling of the region would help alot. Even FFXI had better anatomic proportions, and currently the most memorable legwear, between the two final fantasy's that have them, is less enjoyable here (be it by attractiveness or just for fun) across the race/gender board. Sure, it's not the biggest issue and should not be given priority, but it should be implemented at some point... and at the very least, remodeled when wearing nothing and certain equipment.

If nothing will be done, I hope they think about this thread when designing new races haha...

[Azadross]

Hello,

First off, apologies for the delay in responding about this topic. Below is a response from the lead designer himself, Takeo Suzuki.

Hello,
Lead designer Takeo Suzuki here.

We understand that you all care deeply for the detail and shape of your characters, and while the development team is really happy about this, we would like to keep the specifications for character’s butts as they are.

I’d like to explain a bit about why we changed the shape of character model’s butts. It all began when Yoshi-P and the character team sat down and reconsidered what should be prioritized for players when we moved from 1.0 to A Realm Reborn.

Based on this discussion it was decided to place emphasis on the below:

•New races (male Miqo’te, female Highlanders, and female Roegadyn.)
•Increase the amount of content and the amount of reward items (equipment and weapons)
(We want to make a team that can create more than four times the amount of rewards compared to what there was originally.)

As a result of thinking about what could be done to fulfill the above objectives all while converting everything over and optimizing all the data by completely remaking the graphics engine, we decided to reduce the cost by simplifying items that were too complex when making them. One aspect of this was the graphical display of waist equipment.

I deeply apologize for those of you who were really partial to what Miqo’tes looked like in 1.0, but this decision was made so we could relaunch with new races and a lot of new equipment. We will be implementing a wide variety of really cool looking equipment moving forward, and we appreciate your understanding on this.

The explanation there that Takeo Suzuki has given doesn't make any sense otherwise the fact that you can change the breast size of characters would cause the same problems. It would be like saying if your character has maximum sized breasts you'll get a performance hit within the game. The characters models vector mesh wouldn't even require any more polygons to be added to change the shape by the small amount the OP was requesting.

[Dhalmel]

Cat girls are moe.

This is a Japanese game. Not a Korean game.

Hence why it doesnt look like Tera.

Don't forget the cat men, so both genders can stare at some cat butt.

[Raeletta]

Sadface response.

Would make any mechanical difference to game function, but at least they gave us an explanation, even if we don't believe them.

[rabbitzero]

And then the gods cut the asses off of Miquote everywhere. From those asses grew new races and armors. There was much rejoicing, and later much sadness.

I feel this post makes the whole thread worth it.

[Ravij]

My god this thread needs to die.. the amount of stupid crying over butts is absolutely idiotic.

This is NOT Terra. This is not AION. This is NOT a Korean Game.

You're better off asking them to add a vanity item like a Farthingale than to continuously ask for something that's been stated to NOT Happening; several times.
I give the Development team a billion Kudos for having to answer these same questions over and over when they have more important things to focus on.