Quote Originally Posted by grinkdaboy View Post
how time consumptive would it really be if viera and hrothgar are just tweaked and modified elezen and roegadyn models? sure there are some very very slight differences in their proportions but most of the difference lies in their head model which is separate. viera are a quick fix since you could just cut holes in the helmets but for the hrothgar they would just have to modify the fronts of the helmets.
Well, I'm more inclined to believe the people who actually developed the game, than people who are angry, because they don't like the answer they've given, or people who just play around with the game assets. Even if the models are modified, how do you know if it's going to give the same results as the original models? No one knows here how much time it takes to develop a character model and then make sure everything else in the game is compatible with it. A lot of people seem to still be in the "the developers are lying and they're just lazy" camp. How do you know if cutting off the holes for the Viera are a "quick fix?" Are you a game developer? I just find it ridiculous that even if told why certain choices can't be made, people won't believe it.

And to clearify, I'm only taking about the FFXIV team, here. Not EA, Bethesda, Ubisoft or any other developer