Quote Originally Posted by Samcaesar View Post
Would people really get that upset over Xaela women becoming more tougher looking? It's not like they lack the option as the Raen would remain as waifish as they are. If the answer is "We didn't have enough time" then why shouldn't they dedicate time afterwards to solving that issue?
Once the Benchmark was released and players were able to design their characters, that was pretty much the nail in the coffin for the possibility of making Xaela into the highlanders of the Au Ra. This kind of thing that we've gotten an actual dev response on: While I don't have a link for it, a while back someone posted that they were dissatisfied with the way that one Keeper of the Moon face type lacked the pronounced canines that other Keeper faces have. They liked the face, but wanted the same teeth that the other Keepers have. A dev replied that there were no plans to change this, as it would be unfair to folks who would be irritated at suddenly having longer teeth.

Adjusting the Xaela models to make Xaela fems more imposing and buff (and presumably, adjusting Raen men to be a bit scrawnier) would be a whole new level of this kind of disturbance. Suddenly players who'd picked Xaela simply because they liked the dark scales would suddenly see their lizard-lady waifus git swoll - very off-putting, for some!

Once the models are released for public consumption, changes to them are very unlikely to happen.