Discussing your 'unpopular' opinions

[Theodric]

SE told us before the sandles are because of how jacked up the run cycles look without a heel on some races. We'll likely never see taller heels for the same reason.

All the more reason to redo the running animations with bare feet in mind, maybe?

[Jijifli]

Some players uploaded screenshots elsewhere of a mod that allows for bare feet, though. So it can be done. I'd never use it myself, though, since I'm super wary of third party programs. I'm inclined to believe that the excuse is to save face - especially since some cultures are apparently offended by the site of bare feet and it could very well be censored in certain versions of the game.

Last Moonfire Faire there were NPC's without the sandel's on.

They just never walked.