Lack of ugly people?

[Colorful]

Because internet/online gaming=cats.

How do you explain the lizard people though? Did lizards get popular on the internet when I wasn't looking?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

How do you explain the lizard people though? Did lizards get popular on the internet when I wasn't looking?

Au Ra were designed after demonic motifs and people love horns and devils.

[Dyvid]

Is it too late to drop this pic off?

[Ykronix]

You know, in all honestly, I did wonder this, although I wouldn't use the term 'ugly' exactly to describe ut. It seems almost everyone, save very specific NPC characters, are somewhere in the 15-30 year range. Young people and no option for someone older or, at the very least, some model variation. Like, I know people like to hype up being healthy and fit and SWOLE but...when the entire population is like that, its kind of just a bummer watching the same shape people run around.

Of course, I'm not going to go so far as to ask MAEK MOAR CHARACTER OPTIONS SQUEENIX PLZZZZ, but I can understand how it can be kind of...desensitizing after a while.

[Roegadyn_Bear]

Many people say that. For some reason, only very few of them play one, let alone regularly.

It's a bit hypocritical if you think about it.

World of Warcraft had a similar issue with their Troll race back in the day, with many saying how cool they were and such... while never playing one on the Horde. Not surprisingly, most of them were Blood Elves.

[Blood-Aki]

You know, in all honestly, I did wonder this, although I wouldn't use the term 'ugly' exactly to describe ut. It seems almost everyone, save very specific NPC characters, are somewhere in the 15-30 year range. Young people and no option for someone older or, at the very least, some model variation. Like, I know people like to hype up being healthy and fit and SWOLE but...when the entire population is like that, its kind of just a bummer watching the same shape people run around.

Of course, I'm not going to go so far as to ask MAEK MOAR CHARACTER OPTIONS SQUEENIX PLZZZZ, but I can understand how it can be kind of...desensitizing after a while.

I'm actually glad there is no slider for "everything" Square clearly does not want horrible disfigured characters running around, or loli fetish characters, (lala's are borderline) that's why there is only a set amount of options and their will be similar looking characters. But what is "ugly" is highly dependent on the person. Altho not much good can come from someone with pure white lips for example

[Pomelo]

It's a bit hypocritical if you think about it.

World of Warcraft had a similar issue with their Troll race back in the day, with many saying how cool they were and such... while never playing one on the Horde. Not surprisingly, most of them were Blood Elves.

Troll Men have the best abs, its that horrible standing emote where they are hunched over that ruins it for me.

[Roegadyn_Bear]

Troll Men have the best abs, its that horrible standing emote where they are hunched over that ruins it for me.

Before Pandaren, I always gravitated towards Orcs as my main race, followed by Tauren and Trolls for everything else they couldn't be. Once Mists of Pandaria happened, you could say I had a Pandaclysm of my own.

Though, I realize my own tastes may highly influence why that happened and that I'm part of the minority as well. Most players would rather be Blood Elves on the Horde.

I suppose that's why we won't really see any "ugly" races, really. Even now, the majority of the playerbase swings towards things like Miqo'te and Midlander Hyurs. Majority also says Roegadyn are "ugly", but I believe the majority has bad taste. Subjective stuff as usual, but it happens with every MMORPG in existence. An "ugly" race would have to offer some sort of advantage to see a good number of players flock to it, and even then they're usually outnumbered by whatever is the most aesthetically pleasing race around. Of course, this is not the topic for this kind of discussion.

Given the demographic this game is aimed at, I don't believe truly "ugly" playable characters will ever really be a thing.

[Toguro]

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I think people think Roes are ugly due to the fact that most people(Roes I've seen) don't know how to make good ones or purposely make them ugly which is a shame. When you see so many poorly made Roe Females, you'd think the race isn't pretty. And the default starter doesn't give a good starting impression either. I think the default Seawolf Female is... well... sigh*

[Gunspec]

Maybe I'm not using the search tool properly, but I'm seeing zero results for the word "mirror" in this thread. Did no one shoot for the obvious retort?