New lady hair in 4.45-Where will it be?

[Ceasaria]

Eureka : Pyros

[Deceptus]

Pyros.

1% drop chance on a fate that had hard spawn restrictions.

Market Prohibited

Because they're desperately trying to incentivize content people otherwise won't do. If this hairstyle does drop in Pyros, and it has a low drop rate, it's a giant neon sign screaming "PLEASE. PLEASE DO THIS CONTENT." For people still defending Eureka, they wouldn't throw in a coveted hairstyle if Eureka were doing fine. Why? It'd be like the T-Rex mount; everyone would have it by virtue of doing the content anyway. The whole reason they're going for a heavy RNG route is because people don't want to touch Eureka anymore.

Hey now . . . I've opened over 3000 lock boxes, have 8 weapons, and have never seen the T-rex. Only seen 1 red mage barding as well.

And of course the moment I post that, within 5 boxes T-Rex Mount SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Theodric]

There are too many rare fluff items already. They need to stop making the game an RNG nightmare.

It's the only way to guarantee that they're useful to everybody. If they're going to be designed to be overly feminine, then anyone who plays a character with masculine aesthetics is going to be screwed over. By making them rare and able to be sold on the market board then at least people playing a male character get some use of them even if they're not actually using the item themselves.

Alternatively we could just get more masculine hairstyles to combat the disparity, but given that Hien's outfit didn't come with Hien's hairstyle despite that being perfect for a unisex masculine hairstyle...I'm not going to hold my breath. Also according to a recent interview we can't get Zenos' hairstyle, either, because he's a 'villain'. (Not that it stopped them adding Edda's dress despite her being an antagonist...or the Heaven's Ward glamours despite them being antagonists as well.)

[Rokke]

Hopefully it'll be very rare and can be sold for a decent amount as a consequence. If the developers are going to obsessively add feminine/androgynous hairstyles at the cost of masculine hairstyles then the least they can do is make them hard to acquire so those who don't plan to use them can make some decent coin.

but we literally got 1 masculine and 1 feminine style this patch, and 1 masculine and 1 feminine style last patch oO

[Theodric]

but we literally got 1 masculine and 1 feminine style this patch, and 1 masculine and 1 feminine style last patch oO

Debatable. A lot of recent hairstyles have been more on the feminine/androgynous side despite a decent number of people asking for more masculine hairstyles and things such as facial hair, too. In the past, it wasn't so bad as we got more than two hairstyles with each new patch and they were typically designed to fit a broader range of character models as well.

[Lauront]

Which was the "masculine" one? I don't recall.

[Rokke]

Debatable. A lot of recent hairstyles have been more on the feminine/androgynous side despite a decent number of people asking for more masculine hairstyles and things such as facial hair, too. In the past, it wasn't so bad as we got more than two hairstyles with each new patch and they were typically designed to fit a broader range of character models as well.

While I also miss having 4-6 styles released per patch, it has literally been 2 patches since we had double feminine hairstyles, and that was the only SB patch where were had 2 feminine hairstyles.
4.4 = anime boy mullet + anime girl braid
4.3 = vaan + big ponytail
4.2 = asahi + hime cut
4.1 = hien knockoff hair + meatball buns
4.0 = wol MNK hair + anime fluff hair

I get you have a specific aesthetic for your characters, but you're really over exaggerating the supposed feminine favoritism in the hair department

[Vespar]

The Wolf's Den like the other two.

This actually angered me something fierce! Not everyone likes PvP, but everyone likes new hairstyles. PvP rewards should not ever involve character customization rewards beyond gear and I really hope that they have learned from this.

[Theodric]

This actually angered me something fierce! Not everyone likes PvP, but everyone likes new hairstyles. PvP rewards should not ever involve character customization rewards beyond gear and I really hope that they have learned from this.

People have been asking for PvP to be more rewarding for quite some time. The hairstyles tied to PvP are incredibly easy to get. You...don't even need to win a match to earn Wolf Marks.

[Nariel]

People have been asking for PvP to be more rewarding for quite some time. The hairstyles tied to PvP are incredibly easy to get. You...don't even need to win a match to earn Wolf Marks.

But you do have to play PvP.