Any new hairstyles next week?

[Ariane]

..instead of making new ones, I'd like to have some of the other races or female ones. Why is the styling of hair gender- and race-locked anyway?

They don't anymore for new hairsytles. But for why they did locked hairstyles is that they can design a hairstyle just for one model, not have to worry about what it will look like on the others, make it look really good, and it lets them do a more variety in hairstyles.

Example is one I already mentioned. that Au ra and miqote do not have human ears. If they make a hairstyle that exposes where the ears should be, it will look creepy. SE draws your attention away from their "missing ears" by giving them hairstyels that cover that area. Now if you make it a requirement that hair styles are all available to all races, now every race has to have new hair styles covering the ear area. This lowers the variety in hairstyles.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

According to the site for 4.3, these are the new hairstyles:

That hairstyle seems super familiar...gee, I wonder XD

[Fredco191]

^confirmed.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Hate it and will be very disappointed if this is the only new hairstyle being offered this patch. The fact we continue to get less of things instead of more, despite Stormblood's "bigger budget", is ridiculous.

Also the clipping excuse for longer hair not being made is asinine. Everything clips - robes and skirts clip when we run (sometimes even when we walk!), shoulder-sitting minions clip with people's heads and the horns of Au Ra. High collars clip with even shorter hairstyles at times. Extraneous accessories on gear (like the WHM 70 AF) clip with long hair or ponytails. Tails clip through everything - most notable depiction of this is the PLD 70 AF.

Clipping is literally inescapable in this game unless they overhaul the physics system. Stop using it as an excuse, SE.

[Theodric]

If anything, it'd be better if hairstyles were still gender locked. It's no coincidence that ever since the developers stopped needing to develop hairstyles for men, specifically, they've shifted towards the bulk of new hairstyles being androgynous and feminine in nature. We also used to get a higher number of hairstyles in the past but they've slowly been dwindling in number. Furthermore, customisation options such as facial hair, scars and makeup continue to be ignored despite being common requests.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Furthermore, customisation options such as facial hair, scars and makeup continue to be ignored despite being common requests.

I think they keep throwing out an excuse about "the servers being unable to handle it" - which seems to be the new go-to for not adding things or fixing things or basically doing anything that's needed to be done or been asked for in the many years this game has been out. It's becoming exhausting.

[Theodric]

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It's definitely frustrating. I remember an interview with Yoshi-P stating that he wanted 'specific' feedback for character customisation because it wasn't feasible for stuff like different body types to be added for each race. That's fair enough - but ever since, despite numerous people having suggested reasonable features there's been radio silence. It'll be a kick in the teeth if they cave in and add Viera for 5.0 if they don't go back and address the older playable races. It's getting worse when even some minor NPC's are getting unique models to make them stand out - it's pretty much an admission that there's only so much they can do with the current system and that it needs to be expanded.

[Eloah]

I think we should calm ourselves regarding the character customization for now. We don't know exactly what SE is dealing with when it comes to the game. Basically, what a majority of people are saying is, "your job isn't that hard, it's so easy I could do it", well then why don't you? A complete overhaul of thr character customization system wouldn't happen until a new expansion drops. Yes, dwindling hairstyles is frustrating, bit it's very, very minor, and hey we are still getting them.

We aren't SE, we will never be SE, maybe. But we have to let SE parent the way they see fit, even if they did give the game that hairstyle, lol.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Basically, what a majority of people are saying is, "your job isn't that hard, it's so easy I could do it", well then why don't you?

Many people are... modders are making things with far better style and at a far quicker pace than SE ever has.

[Eloah]

Many people are... modders are making things with far better style and at a far quicker pace than SE ever has.

I want you to really think about what you said. You aren't wrong, per se, but really think about it...

Also modders are something far different that what is going on here.