[/QUOTE]Though I focus on game animation I know modeling and texturing ... and I can say that textures surely shouldn't effect animation. In fact, even model changes shouldn't effect animation as long as it's within an acceptable range (meaning that, yeah, we should be able to have more body shape options for all races as well as any model changes to this race still being able to use the same animations). So now that that's outta the way, yeah, it mainly lands on the texturing and modeling departments to do the beasty bits if they add em in ... but SE aint a small company, they have tons of people working in their art department full time so I'm still wondering why people choose to be so defensive over their use of money and man power.[/QUOTE]

I dont see why your having such a conniption. I dont see you trying to make a video game, or 3D modeling. This game is a multi platform game. So some texture may work for one thing but not work for another.