Quote Originally Posted by Brynne View Post
I agree with Penthea on this: there is far more reason to be concerned with Hrothgar than Viera, given how the options are presented. Even if the benchmark represents what we are getting at launch for both races, there's the fact that you (currently) cannot change the face option with the aesthetician. Because hair is tied to face for Hrothgar, this means you'd have to fantasia every time you wanted a new hairstyle (unless SE changes this, which they have given no indication that they are doing). With Viera, at least you can change your hair regularly, and if they later on add in the missing hairstyle options, you don't need a fantasia to use them.

It's possible that SE will have some kind of workaround in the aesthetician, but there's no reason to assume that at this point, so yeah, while there is concern about hair for both races, Hrothgar looks to be in a more worrisome state.
Oh, I agree that the Hrothgar situation is far more perplexing on how it will be tackled in game with the final version. Will they basically allow you to change everything but your race and height to make up for this when you go to the aesthetician? Will they make it so that the hairs aren't locked to their face come release seeing how that replaced promo image from some time ago shows that hair can fit other heads with a bit of work? Will both races be given all the hair and Hrothgar simply have their racial styles stay divided up between the faces? Will the aesthetician have a "face tab" for the Hrothgar that acts as their hair selection (locked to w/e base head you picked) and just give them a number uniquely beastly versions of hairs you unlocked in game?

IDK, but I do find that from a game design PoV it makes absolutely no sense to release a race that demands players pay $10s to change their hair style when playing. Nor does it make sense to take away all the rewards and monetary hair styles people have earned when they play either of the new races. We're kinda very much in unprecedented territory here ... sure, the aesthetician doesn't currently allow XYZ but he also doesn't currently have a "fur" tab and this is the first time hair has been the only difference in some "face options".

As it stands both are showing a severe lack of hair options compared to the last race benchmark and if you are to assume there's more to the story for one it should be assumed that the other has more to be discovered as well. Even more so when the other would require a $10 potion to change styles if nothing with the aesthetician changes.