Unlock Race Exclusive hair styles

[Duskane]

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90% sure kings remark is sarcasm


But you make a good point why are scars even race AND face locked are au ra and female lalafell skin that strong to be immune to scaring

[Bellsong]

90% sure kings remark is sarcasm


But you make a good point why are scars even race AND face locked are au ra and female lalafell skin that strong to be immune to scaring

Nah they're fairly serious I'm sure, I've seen them talk about this topic and relating to hempen gear being unlocked, they advocate exclusivity exclusively.

[Celef]

Our characters all look the same when they are from the same race (most of the time there is only one or two faces that look good, same for hairstyles), unlocking all the hairstyles would allow us to have more customization to make our avatar unique considering we don't have that much options compare to other games.

Plus, it fits the lore, we are playing traveler, it's logic that considering we are in contact with other races, we tend to adopt their codes (pretty much like how our stuff are based on the region we are in)

[Iscah]

But you make a good point why are scars even race AND face locked are au ra and female lalafell skin that strong to be immune to scaring

Seems to be about the limits of the character creator. Every face has five options in that submenu, which could be scars or makeup or earrings or thicker eyebrows or whatever other ideas they think of. Au Ra options are mostly taken up with different scale arrangements, which is why they miss out on other sorts of extra customisation.

[Dibella_Heartilly]

I would like to have not only hairstyles but walk, run, stand, sit and sleep animations unlocked for all races!...


It would be up to each player to decide how to build their characters using a free combination of all those characteristics, from the cutest Miqo'te to the classiest Lalafell it would be a dream come true!...


I don't see any reason why this can't be done!...

I would love my Hyur to have the animations of an Au ra ..
They could make a "personality" section on character Creation that let's us choose the animations we want, so like each race's animations come as a set in character can creation useable by other races.

[Dibella_Heartilly]

Each race's animations come as a set for other races* ( no edit post button?)

[PyurBlue]

I would like to have not only hairstyles but walk, run, stand, sit and sleep animations unlocked for all races!...


It would be up to each player to decide how to build their characters using a free combination of all those characteristics, from the cutest Miqo'te to the classiest Lalafell it would be a dream come true!...


I don't see any reason why this can't be done!...

Yeah we really need this. I find it odd that in an RPG, so much of your character is defined for you. Doesn't it go against the entire point of the genre, at least when you have customized characters?

Just imagine if reality was the same way. Only people from a certain city would do their hair in a certain way and everyone from this city would have the exact same mannerisms with no variation, while a neighboring city would have their own completely homogeneous mannerisms with no variation at all. It would be really really weird. Giving races their own unique identities is fine, and even preferable to having them all be bland and identical, but the way the identities are applied to player characters in the game isn't really interesting or convincing in my mind.

[Mahrze]

I would like to have not only hairstyles but walk, run, stand, sit and sleep animations unlocked for all races!...


It would be up to each player to decide how to build their characters using a free combination of all those characteristics, from the cutest Miqo'te to the classiest Lalafell it would be a dream come true!...


I don't see any reason why this can't be done!...

Might as well ask to remove races altogether. Maybe establish a point to have different animations per race to create certain "personality" types. Sleep already has a change pose option.

Just imagine if reality was the same way.

It isn't and there are certain cultural customs that are endemic to areas in the world that other places can't/won't imitate simply because its cultural.

[hynaku]

Go ahead unlock the aura ones with the little horns. Think they a little weird on another race. Still don't see why they even have race locked hair styles.

[PyurBlue]

It isn't and there are certain cultural customs that are endemic to areas in the world that other places can't/won't imitate simply because its cultural.

A region/culture/population as a whole doesn't reflect the specific behavior of all the individuals that comprise it though. Most Miqo'te may live in tribes and be hunters, but that doesn't prevent any given Miqo'te from being adopted by Midlanders and raised as one. Racial identity doesn't imply complete conformity, nor should it if it's trying to be convincing.

Total uniform behavior makes even less sense when we're looking at player characters in particular because we don't live in a cultural bubble. We travel everywhere and interact with different cultures constantly. It's not unreasonable to think that we might take an interest in some parts of the cultures we interact with. It's the NPC's that should present racial identity the strongest. Players should get to represent themselves/their characters.