Real Talk: Highlanders need eyebrows

[Gyson]

I just want to know the real reason male Highlanders don't have an eyebrow option. Don't say lore.. lore is not a genetic trait that forces all Highlanders to continually shave their eyebrows every time they grow back. One just has to look at the Highlander NPCs scattered about Eorzea to realize they are not part of a hive mind that is expected to behave in one particular way.

So.. the real reason, please. Is it resource limitations? If so, it's a little disappointing that you found a way to plug in an entire new race (with two genders!) and a crap-ton of new items, mobs, locations, etc, yet couldn't squeeze in an option for eyebrows on one gender of one race.

[CodeCass]

If we're all being honest....this is the fist time I even noticed they don't have eyebrows....now I wonder what else I've been overlooking....

[jazo]

Japanese stereotype standards yada yada, I'll just link to my response to a similar thread
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...41#post3130041

again, SE should give us more options in general,this included

[Prestige]

Japanese stereotype standards yada yada, I'll just link to my response to a similar thread
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...41#post3130041

again, SE should give us more options in general,this included

Out of curiosity, why in Japan do no eyebrows = buff male?

[IfritReborn]

Yoshi P. The idea behind Highlanders shaving their eyebrows was a nice attempt at lore but it's not working. You don't have to admit that it was a fail, just include eyebrows for Highlanders and call it a day.

[jazo]

Out of curiosity, why in Japan do no eyebrows = buff male?

"Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look"

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoBrows

[Prestige]

"Typically, this is used to give the individual a more brutish, Neanderthal look"

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoBrows

I'd have to say that it's more in line with the "uncanny valley" aspect.

[Kelg]

Yoshi P. The idea behind Highlanders shaving their eyebrows was a nice attempt at lore but it's not working. You don't have to admit that it was a fail, just include eyebrows for Highlanders and call it a day.

lol'ed at this one

[Prestige]

I just want to know the real reason male Highlanders don't have an eyebrow option. Don't say lore.. lore is not a genetic trait that forces all Highlanders to continually shave their eyebrows every time they grow back. One just has to look at the Highlander NPCs scattered about Eorzea to realize they are not part of a hive mind that is expected to behave in one particular way.

So.. the real reason, please. Is it resource limitations? If so, it's a little disappointing that you found a way to plug in an entire new race (with two genders!) and a crap-ton of new items, mobs, locations, etc, yet couldn't squeeze in an option for eyebrows on one gender of one race.

I think they have exhausted their last excuse by giving Au Ra the ability to decide between eyebrows or no eyebrows.

[Fenwick]

The lore is, that giving them eyebrows would cause them to implode. This has been called PS3 limitations by some Eorzean scholars.

No but seriously, a female Miqo'te doesn't have a butt because they toned it down to make more room for other things, Au Ra horns are attached to their faces because they can't cram anything else in. It wouldn't surprise me if this was following along that same line. <.<