Body Hair for males.

[OrangeFryingPan]

VOLDEMORT!!!

Do not speak his name!



In other news that actually matters, I agree with this thread. Fuzzy cat boys, yes please.

[Radacci]

This game was developed in Japan.
The game is supported by Japanese people in Japan.
The Japanese community is the largest community so far.
The Japanese community, as a result of the last few points, gets a lot more than the rest of us.

So let's just pretend like a Japanese game that's supported by Japanese people in Japan with a large Japanese community now has to cater to the rest of the world in every facet.

On that note, why can't we have Hot Dogs and Burritos as food items?
Oh right...

EDIT: Oh right, it's bad manners to compare one bodily function to another bodily function. My mistake.

What does Eorzea have to do with Japan?
It doesn't matter where the game is developed, Eorzea isn't Japan, and they don't need to stick to Japanese traditions, or whatever.
If people want body hair as an option, there's just one reason to not do it, and that's the resource stuff...and that's not really a reason either, cause like ppl said, it could be done with just a texture, like the tattoos we have.

[Shioban]

It doesn't matter where the game is developed, Eorzea isn't Japan, and they don't need to stick to Japanese traditions, or whatever.

You're completely missing the point, not to mention being ignorant to the fact that the developers were most likely born and also live in Japan, working in a Japanese frame of mind, therefore are going to stick to stereotypical Japanese traits, which for the most part involves avoiding body-hair on cartoon/game characters.

Saying "That doesn't matter" is extremely ignorant, of course it matters, it's their entire life, it's their way of thinking, their up-bringing, worldly influence and also their culture. To say it plays no part in their creative development process is completely pants on head stupid.



If you're used to a certain convention, you're simply going to do it without much thought or concern, that's the way it's done.
For the large part characters in games/media don't have body hair which is why they don't have any so far.



Does this mean they can't/won't add it?

No, this is always an open option, they're not scared of body hair, its just a convention.
But it's a pretty sure and solid reason as to why it wasn't an option in the first place.

[Grekumah]

We're looking into this, but body hair would be a completely new element, and there is a possibility that it would affect some gear designs. We expect adding body hair will take a lot of work, so for now we'd like to prioritize adding new hairstyles that are being requested.

[Toodles]

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You guys don't care about clipping issues anyway so it wouldn't really matter if it affected some gear options.


Thank you for considering it though!

I firmly believe a majority of players would prefer an entirely new option over like 2 new hairstyles we'd get instead...

I think you should prioritize differently.

The new hair styles would likely clip harder than body hair would even, so why does it matter?

Like the guy below me said, just texture map it...

Any chance we can get a cosmetic patch with more than a couple hairstyles?

[HakuroDK]

We're looking into this, but body hair would be a completely new element, and there is a possibility that it would affect some gear designs. We expect adding body hair will take a lot of work, so for now we'd like to prioritize adding new hairstyles that are being requested.

Speaking technically, wouldn't body hair just be a texture map over the body mesh? That's how The Sims does body hair and it never really affects any clothing designs at all.

I mean of course, by doing it that way, the body hair will essentially look painted on, but if it's done right, it should be fine. And hell, while you're at it, you could even start working on a similar thing for body tattoos.

[Shougun]

We're looking into this, but body hair would be a completely new element, and there is a possibility that it would affect some gear designs. We expect adding body hair will take a lot of work, so for now we'd like to prioritize adding new hairstyles that are being requested.

Interfere with armor design.. a lot of work...

Confirmed here, 3d chest hair - pre-order for your Gorilla chest today


Its nice to know it is on a to check out list though, thanks for the update ~

[SDaemon]

Interfere with armor design.. a lot of work...

Confirmed here, 3d chest hair - pre-order for your Gorilla chest today


Its nice to know it is on a to check out list though, thanks for the update ~

Um, nothing confirmed except they will be looking into it....you might very well end up with a bad paint job tattooed on your pecs :/

[Shougun]

Um, nothing confirmed except they will be looking into it....you might very well end up with a bad paint job tattooed on your pecs :/

I was joking about the 3d chest hair ^^

I could see a bad paint job texture happening lol, a few of SE's beards have texture seams in them. Hope not though.

[Meshico]

Speaking technically, wouldn't body hair just be a texture map over the body mesh? That's how The Sims does body hair and it never really affects any clothing designs at all.

I mean of course, by doing it that way, the body hair will essentially look painted on, but if it's done right, it should be fine. And hell, while you're at it, you could even start working on a similar thing for body tattoos.

The Leather Harness Shows the chest, so that would change things a bit eh?

But at least they are looking into it