A suggestion regarding height.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

And indeed those two are the only races I've considered playing the female of. But because "most people" prefer cute female characters the options for non-cute should not be expanded? It's not exactly taking away your ability to make your female midlanders, Miqo'tes, Miqo'tes-with-scales, Lalas etc short and cute if that's what you want.

That is not entirely correct. Everything requires developement time and thus money. The time devs would take to implement proper size scaling could be used to implement new cute bikinis or new twintails cute hairstyles for my waifu.

The minority will ALWAYS have less choice. No two ways around it.

[SpiritMuse]

That is not entirely correct. Everything requires developement time and thus money. The time devs would take to implement proper size scaling could be used to implement new cute bikinis or new twintails cute hairstyles for my waifu.

The minority will ALWAYS have less choice. No two ways around it.

The time they spend creating new quests and dungeons and raids could also be used to make more cutesy stuff for your waifu. In fact, everything they create in the game that isn't cute stuff for your waifu takes away from their time creating more cute stuff for your waifu.

And because the minority will always have less choice there is no point in working to expand that choice at all, amirite?

[Remilia_Nightfall]

The time they spend creating new quests and dungeons and raids could also be used to make more cutesy stuff for your waifu. In fact, everything they create in the game that isn't cute stuff for your waifu takes away from their time creating more cute stuff for your waifu.

And because the minority will always have less choice there is no point in working to expand that choice at all, amirite?

I fail to see the comparison. I can experience dungeons and raids with my waifus so of course i want that to happen. On the other hand, I do not care at all about more badass and manly looking females because I will never play as one and I do not particularly enjoy looking at them either. There is a clear difference between these two things.

Also I did not say there is no point in expanding choices. I just said that it is unlikely to be financially smart because demand for it is low. Take it as you will.

As stated on lore about Au Ra race, right?

The curved horns and beautifully patterned scales that characterize the Au Ra oft give rise to speculation that this Hyur-like race native to the Far Eastern continent of Othard are, in fact, the progeny of dragons. This, however, has long been disputed, with scholars citing several distinct differences in the two races as evidence of decidedly dissimilar roots — the first and foremost being the enhanced hearing and spatial recognition granted by Au Ra's cranial projections (traits not attributed to draconian horns), and the second being the gross disproportion in body mass between Auri males and females (again, a trait widely unseen in dragons).

Taller female Auri would mean less disproportion in body mass between them and the male counterparts (otherwise we'd get dhalmel-like female Auri), thus taking the race closer to dragons and bringing more confusion to the table.

To be fair, lore exists only to justify marketing decisions. Lore can also explain why miqo'te exist, but the true reason?
Fanservice.

[SpiritMuse]

"I don't care about anything that doesn't affect me personally."

I guess the conversation is over, then.

[Remilia_Nightfall]

I guess the conversation is over, then.

That is how the world works, unfortunately. The majority wins, and the majority decides with money basing their choice on what THEY individually prefer.

Violence is the only way a minority can try to stand a chance, but that is considered unethical and rude, usually.

[FallenArisen0990]

That is not entirely correct. Everything requires developement time and thus money. The time devs would take to implement proper size scaling could be used to implement new cute bikinis or new twintails cute hairstyles for my waifu.

The minority will ALWAYS have less choice. No two ways around it.

[Niwashi]

Look...it's Japan. Waifus make more money than non-waifus. Until proven otherwise waifus are here to stay, be them catgirls or dragongirls.

Nobody has said that waifus shouldn't stay. Just that they shouldn't be the ONLY available option. Right now both clans of both demi-beastmen races force all females to be cutely helpless sexy children. Just give us some other options.

The minority will ALWAYS have less choice. No two ways around it.

One out of four would be less choice. Zero out of four is no choice. All four demi-beastmen, Seekers, Keepers, Raen, and Xaela, use the exact same female aesthetic, and that aesthetic is their only option.

[Samcaesar]

Snip.

Thank you Niwashi >_>. While I don't feel more height exactly fixes the whole "the girl demi beastmen all look like helpless cutesy sexy children" deal (which imho I felt more applies to Auri women over Miqo'te but I can see what you mean), it at least pushes the race a bit further from it.. and God only knows how badly I want a girl demi beastman that isn't "cutesy helpless sexy child".

I wish more people realized whenever I made this topic it wasn't "get rid of waifu characters, eff those who like 'em!! 1! " it was "Hey, can we get the option for people who want someone different? Like specifically tall women of x race or short men of x race?"

[FallenArisen0990]

Thank you Niwashi >_>. While I don't feel more height exactly fixes the whole "the girl demi beastmen all look like helpless cutesy sexy children" deal (which imho I felt more applies to Auri women over Miqo'te but I can see what you mean), it at least pushes the race a bit further from it.. and God only knows how badly I want a girl demi beastman that isn't "cutesy helpless sexy child".

I wish more people realized whenever I made this topic it wasn't "get rid of waifu characters, eff those who like 'em!! 1! " it was "Hey, can we get the option for people who want someone different? Like specifically tall women of x race or short men of x race?"

Only thing I can think of is SE deemed it too much work and decided to never do it again.