We Have Enough Short Skinny Characters

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i think there's room for all types of bodysizes and shapes. but there's only really 1 or the other. wow does this very well as most races are rather distinct and unique in height and shape



the silhouettes on the worgen, troll, and orc models are there because they do not actually stand upright (orc now has the option to but still)

See, WoW's advantage is that most of their races were already there from the start, plus their character models and armors are much more simplistic, so they don't need to make as much effort whenever a new race is introduced, unlike XIV where even minimum changes to the head or feet can mean significant extra time of work, as we've been told. (still wish Hrothgars could have beastly feet tho)

Also, Gemina, I think the reaction is due to the original backlash of people not wanting anything to do with 'big steroid bodies' - since we already have Roes - yet SE went with not-Ronso/Roe with a mask instead of the much desired bunny boys. While I agree bashing on people that favor the "generic waifu/boi" body is uncalled for, it's just as unfair to bash on people who want an out-of-the-box, decent bulky race, even if it isn't as popular.
This whole debacle is....a big chunk of emotional distress and misunderstandings that we need to accept at this point instead of being at each others throat tbh. SE can't make everyone happy, so they went for the most favorable route, and we should respect that decision.

xiv's races were pretty much ff11 2: electric boogaloo. the miqote and roegadyn were locked in the same exact way as the mithra and galka. the only real difference between roegadyn and galka is that roes don't have tails

I meant as in, WoW doesn't have to worry if any new race has a big belly, hooves for feet, or a tail, because all models are already prepared for it. XIV models are all essentially human with different proportions, so any race that has anything that's not part of a normal human anatomy would mean lots of re-coding. Case in point, Viera and Hrothgar