Please implement long, more creative hairstyles and make Au'Ra females taller.

[Terrini]

Because the Au Ra character models were not ready even for demonstration until December 2014, while patch 2.2 was released some nine months prior, on a technical level the model used to represent Yugiri in her appearances in patches 2.2 and 2.4 is actually that of a heavily-modified female Miqo'te, utilizing a custom-built tail, gloves, tunic and headpiece.

But even so, the fact that Yugiri's body type was meant to be similar to Miqo'te was made canon long before any actual information was revealed. People used her shrouded silhouette to make guesses as to what the race was. My point is that the revelation of Yugiri proves that the bigger more dangerous concept art of the Au Ra female was considered and already scrapped before they brought this character into the story. They had already made the decision to make females of the race small and delicate.

The lore of female Au Ra's is written that they are MUCH smaller than the males. Personally, I love their design and find them to be anything but a Miqo'te with scales and horns. Female Au Ra's were the only other race that caught my interest, but I ended up going midlander because I don't like having a tail.

I also love the lore that came out in Stormblood on the race and it makes perfect sense as to why they are as they are. I would have enjoyed a midlander/highlander racial clan split where Raen are small and delicate and Xaela are big and fierce... but I love the story from the Azim Steppe quite a bit, and it would not have worked with that kind of clan racial difference.