Quote Originally Posted by linay View Post
Here is the part where they talked about Viera and Hrothgar customization. I'm not sure if they talked about it elsewhere.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/399656090?t=02h03m43s
Thankyou for the link and timepoint to start from.

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  • Both have unique heads
  • Both have unique customizable features

2:03:40
So both have very unique heads, as you can see - and so because of this, both have very unique customizable features, things that you won't see in any other races.

2:04:15
It's like I mentioned - with the character creation it will be very detailed - the people checking on this character creation right now, there are so many different options that the guy checking that right now basically has not come out of his booth.

2:05:40
So we talked the character customisation, how deep it is - we actually created two characters here with that customisation, and these are some of the things you can make if you try hard... [shows Kimahri and Fran pictures]

2:06:12
Again, we talked about how face patterns and designs... a lot of very unique options for players to choose from.

2:06:40
(Yoshida moves onto the next part of the keynote.)


As I've been saying - they talk a lot about unique options, and they do say that there are a lot of design options that they need to check, but they do not at any point say there will be a larger number of design elements than other races have. (I'm sure there are a lot of things to test and get right, even with the same amount of features that the normal races have.)

People hear what they want to hear, and these ambigous statements get taken as promising additional customisation, and it gets passed on as "they said it in the keynote!" without anyone actually confirming the original quotes.

And then, most likely, we get another round of angry posts claiming "they lied to us!!!" when we finally get to see the full extent of customisation and it doesn't have the extra features that everyone "knew" had been officially promised, even if nobody could provide a direct source.