Quote Originally Posted by Samcaesar View Post
It's kind of hard to separate the pretty-princessness from them whenever their in game model is a super waifish and not super tough excluding a lot of small touches one can add. I mean let's be honest, when you see a Lalafell or Miqo'te your first instinct isn't going to be "Oh I better watch out!" (More like "watch how far I can punt it" in the Lalafell case!) no matter how many ruthless capitalists or savage huntresses you encounter.
I think a lot of people agree about this; Auri women are ultra-petite, while men are ruggedly built. Even though I've really taken to them (I really do prefer to play fantasy games as fantasy races, and none of the 1.x ones really worked for me), even I wish the women were just a little taller and more built to match the males' stature. There's at least a 1'6" difference between the men and women (at least!), and the males look like they have twice as much body mass as the women, if not more.

Not saying I want them buff like female Roegadyn, but it would be nice to have a frame that says "I'm a female Auri adventurer who can do something besides sling spells!"

Not gonna stop me from Dark Knighting it up as an Auri woman, but y'know...

There are "rugged" female body types in the game (female Highlanders and Roegadyn), but people aren't playing them very much; why work so hard on something people aren't going to use?

It is possible to make a mature, (sort of) realistically beautiful Auri woman. You can make them sort of aggressive-looking (even if that requires Face 4 and Eyes 3).

So while I do wish Auri women had a body shape other than ultra-petite, and that it were easier to stamp out the moé factor, I'm pretty happy with and understand why we got what we got.