Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[Cilia]

Absolutely enamored with the males! <3<3<3<3 The females leave something to be desired (for me personally), but they do have some nice features.

I gotta say the males have come out looking cooler than I expected. Still, I'm confident I can make a "tough but not harsh, attractive but not cutesy" female Au Ra; the yellow-eyed Xaela about halfway down the page is an idea as to what I'm going for.

[Aryalandi]

http://www.khwiki.com/images/5/5a/Yo...anort_KH3D.png

http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/tekitou_m...a/aaa9ec2e.jpg

Did this pop in to anyone else's head or is it just me? Because this was literally the first thing that came to mind upon seeing that character.. lol...

[KaijinRhada]

I gotta say the males have come out looking cooler than I expected. Still, I'm confident I can make a "tough but not harsh, attractive but not cutesy" female Au Ra; the yellow-eyed Xaela about halfway down the page is an idea as to what I'm going for.

That is very nice! My friend is trying to do the same, though to the farthest degree. She's actually quite livid over the choices of mostly typical beauty, though there's also years of pent up inner sighing at an industry that's full of typical beauties.

[Cilia]

Do any of you recall if at any point they said the Au Ra will be available during early access or not?
I really can't remember if they did or not.

I don't think they've given specifics, but I'm assuming all the Heavensward content (including Au Ra) will be available during early access. That's just an assumption, though.

That is very nice! My friend is trying to do the same, though to the farthest degree. She's actually quite livid over the choices of mostly typical beauty, though there's also years of pent up inner sighing at an industry that's full of typical beauties.

Kind of off topic, but I can completely understand that frustration, because I spent a lot of time playing with the character creator (and my veteran reward Fantasia) to get get my avatar looking like she does. Miqo'te, Lalafell, and female Midlanders were too cutesy or overtly beautiful / sexy for my aim, female Roegadyn too buff, and female Elezen are just kind of noodly and weird if you ask me. So I tinkered with female Highlanders until I got a relatively realistically beautiful avatar who still looks like she can kick your ass. I can probably get the same results with an Au Ra, though I'll need to wait until June to try and do so (no PS4 benchmark makes me a saaaaaaaaad panda....).

Even more off topic, it's helped me to understand why women don't like being hit on.

[KaijinRhada]

Snip.

It's a bit of a challenge in this game (well, many games) to do just that, but as you have shown it is possible to pull it off. My friend and I often discuss that female Au Ra are a missed opportunity for a savage beauty, but I understand that's not what they were aiming for. Perhaps another time for such a chance. It's perhaps easier to show stronger features with males, even with male miqo'te (and my favourite face), I would hope to see more variety in female characters in the future.

And yes, unsolicited attention isn't nice.