Just a thought on Elezen.

[RayneLittlewinkle]

I started as a female miqo'te and I think honestly deep down I will always be one. I go back to it every now and again. But with that being said I love my elezen. It's the only race ive been able to play more than three months without fantasing after a few weeks or so. Do I wish we could get adjustments? YEP. A new run animation cause God oh mighty its awful. Smaller hands, less broader shoulders. a shorter neck. But all in all I am very happy with my elezen <3

[kattzkitti]

Do I wish we could get adjustments? YEP. A new run animation cause God oh mighty its awful. Smaller hands, less broader shoulders. a shorter neck. But all in all I am very happy with my elezen <3

"I love my Elezen, but I would like 90% of what separates the race from others changed to be the same as others!"

Do you people even think about things before posting? Don't worry, that's a rhetorical question and you don't need to answer that.

[Faliandra]

"I love my Elezen, but I would like 90% of what separates the race from others changed to be the same as others!"

Do you people even think about things before posting? Don't worry, that's a rhetorical question and you don't need to answer that.

Excuse me? Elezen are a form of elves. And people play elves for their unique features which are first and foremost ELVEN EARS...and in this game, also the tall slender bodies.
So saying that odd body proportions is what makes an elezen is IMO an insult to this race.

Do YOU even think before posting? Wow. Rhetorical question or not, its BS.

[kattzkitti]

Excuse me? Elezen are a form of elves. And people play elves for their unique features which are first and foremost ELVEN EARS...and in this game, also the tall slender bodies.
So saying that odd body proportions is what makes an elezen is IMO an insult to this race.

Do YOU even think before posting? Wow. Rhetorical question or not, its BS.

You really need to sit the f' down and process to full understanding a very, very simple fact here.

Their body proportions aren't odd. They are Elezen proportions.

If you don't like it, Fanta to another race. You have no place to ruin the race for the overwhelming majority who play it just to serve your own selfish ideals.

[Emstidor]

Excuse me? Elezen are a form of elves. And people play elves for their unique features which are first and foremost ELVEN EARS...and in this game, also the tall slender bodies.
So saying that odd body proportions is what makes an elezen is IMO an insult to this race.

Do YOU even think before posting? Wow. Rhetorical question or not, its BS.

This is really the root of the problem, and the reason a lot of people are gonna disagree with your thread. "Elves" don't exist in this game. The Elezen obviously share some similar characteristics that we associate with traditional elves, but they are not, and have never been intended to occupy that particular niche. They are Elezen, and that includes the exaggerated necks, the spindly arms and yes, the head:body ratio that they currently have.

What you and several other people are doing is you're trying to mold a unique race into a preconceived picture of what you think they look should like, but its no less wrong than if I was to argue that Roegadyn should be bright green and have fangs like Orcs just because they both happen to be large.

[seida]

This is really the root of the problem, and the reason a lot of people are gonna disagree with your thread. "Elves" don't exist in this game. The Elezen obviously share some similar characteristics that we associate with traditional elves, but they are not, and have never been intended to occupy that particular niche. They are Elezen, and that includes the exaggerated necks, the spindly arms and yes, the head:body ratio that they currently have.

What you and several other people are doing is you're trying to mold a unique race into a preconceived picture of what you think they look should like, but its no less wrong than if I was to argue that Roegadyn should be bright green and have fangs like Orcs just because they both happen to be large.

Quoting because this is the most accurate post in this thread.

Everyone complaining is doing so because they want stereotypical elves. But elezen are not stereotypical elves, and I hope they never will be.

(also, I'm duskwight - partly for the negligable MND bonus, partly because i enjoy being vaguely grey, lol.)

[Beatrice]

Quoting because this is the most accurate post in this thread.

I think the male Elezen in this game are fine. DAMN fine, in fact! XD I think male Elezen are the most attractive dudes in the game. But the females do look weird to me in a way the males just don't. Other people have made pretty good points as to what bugs them about the Fem Elezen.

I also had no idea that female Elezen only got to pick from two actual face types and that the other two only had makeup added. I think that's a pretty legit complaint.

[seida]

I think the male Elezen in this game are fine. DAMN fine, in fact! XD I think male Elezen are the most attractive dudes in the game. But the females do look weird to me in a way the males just don't. Other people have made pretty good points as to what bugs them about the Fem Elezen.

Yes, exactly, it's because everyone has stereotypical ideas about what's "feminine" and what women should look like, and female elezen don't fit that.

That's exactly the reason why everyone thinks the male elezen look fine, because they're men.

[Katsuragi_]

I started as a female miqo'te and I think honestly deep down I will always be one. I go back to it every now and again. But with that being said I love my elezen. It's the only race ive been able to play more than three months without fantasing after a few weeks or so. Do I wish we could get adjustments? YEP. A new run animation cause God oh mighty its awful. Smaller hands, less broader shoulders. a shorter neck. But all in all I am very happy with my elezen <3

By the way, if you care to notice when stripped, miqos also have long necks.

...I wonder if I left many people unable to unsee with this.