Character Creation Has A Race Problem

[Magic-Mal]

Ignoring the fact that most of those screenshots look like Caucasian people with darker skin... how does that matter?

1. They look black to me. Either exactly black or decidedly black by a clear attempt by SE to portray them such.

2. It matters because they exist and are sporting the limited hairstyles/features that can fit in a black character's design this disproving that there are no black people. I don't care if they're not African. Much like the majority of Far Eastern NPCs, they clearly represent Asians in every way besides certain game limitations like faces. SE happily added Asian hairstyles all throughout Stormblood so there you have it. When they put resources into a character design, you get Hien. A visibly Asian guy.

Also...


How in the world do you say this:

I would have no issue if this request was framed as "boy I sure do wish we had more diverse character creation options, anything to add some more differences would be great. Maybe they could incorporate things like Asiatic/African features into some facial options to switch things up."

Then say this:

Hyur are not human. They don't need the same diversity that we see in real life.

Hyur are not human. They do not inherently need to represent the full scope of human diversity and to expect them to is, in my opinion, stupid.

Within the same post? They go completely against each other. If they aren't human, how can you be okay with asking for Asian or African features when Asians and Africans are human and therefore, by your logic, can't be compared to Hyurs?