My Interpretation of Countdown Illustration 9

[Enkidoh]

Yeah, I only just realized that myself after I had already posted - but thanks for the advice too.

The shoes look like the spring shoes or the wedding costume shoes, but it's hard to tell.

Either way, they'd need to be dyeable of course (with metallic silver no less).

[Kiroh]

Someone should post this on tumblr and see how long it takes...

[saber_alter]

my only thought is "why can't i get those curves in game?"

[Vejjiegirl]

my only thought is "why can't i get those curves in game?"

Miqo'te used to have curves like that.
However Miqo'te hip/butt/thigh size were reduced in order to produce more gear (and cut some costs) for ARR launch, there were also new sub races coming out at that time as well. Now that ARR is out its still unknown if they will put it back to the way it was or make some kind of slider or something, but then again they would need to do this for all races instead of just Miqo'te to keep things fair. Plus there is also PS3 Limitations which is probably a factor in why Miqo'te got thinner.

Hello,
Lead designer Takeo Suzuki here.

We understand that you all care deeply for the detail and shape of your characters, and while the development team is really happy about this, we would like to keep the specifications for character’s butts as they are.

I’d like to explain a bit about why we changed the shape of character model’s butts. It all began when Yoshi-P and the character team sat down and reconsidered what should be prioritized for players when we moved from 1.0 to A Realm Reborn.

Based on this discussion it was decided to place emphasis on the below:
New races (male Miqo’te, female Highlanders, and female Roegadyn.)
Increase the amount of content and the amount of reward items (equipment and weapons)
(We want to make a team that can create more than four times the amount of rewards compared to what there was originally.)

As a result of thinking about what could be done to fulfill the above objectives all while converting everything over and optimizing all the data by completely remaking the graphics engine, we decided to reduce the cost by simplifying items that were too complex when making them. One aspect of this was the graphical display of waist equipment.

I deeply apologize for those of you who were really partial to what Miqo’tes looked like in 1.0, but this decision was made so we could relaunch with new races and a lot of new equipment. We will be implementing a wide variety of really cool looking equipment moving forward, and we appreciate your understanding on this.

[nuyu11]

Miqo'te in that pic is attractive...
I wish Miqo'te in game are also like that.

[Vejjiegirl]

Miqo'te in that pic is attractive...
I wish Miqo'te in game are also like that.

mhm, Miqo'te looked a little bit different then.

The ones back in 1.0 were closer to the artwork.


ARR Miqo'te are closer to lightining's build.

[Drako]

So it's like a miqote/human cross race, maybe this is to confirm yet another new race at launch? YuS. Or a bobtailed miqote?? His hand could be covering up the bobtail..

[Kanti]

I'm gonna go with "Oops. I forgot to draw the tail."

[Verdan]

Oh jesus cat butt wars again

[AskaRay]

To be honest the old Miqo'te design looks.... too skinny...