Hairstyle Concerns for The New Races

[Reinha]

If a hrothgar wants to show off their fur patterns then this immediately writes off a gigantic amount of gear from the game they can glam in to. This would actually include most of the job/role sets and mog station sets. The chest piece tends to be the centre-piece of a glam or gear set. In cases where the chest piece is a robe or long coat, the entire set will look different without it. Very few gear sets in the game look entirely different without the headpiece. Furthermore it is the female versions of gendered gear that tend to show off more skin, and hrothgar being only male...well you can work that out.

Hairstyles can be displayed without compromising the look of most gear sets in the game. This is not the case for displaying chests and shoulders. Never mind how new hairstyles are new models, and fur patterns so far are little other than texture swaps.

I agree with all of the above. It's interesting to me that a highly desired customization feature for a beast race is hair styles, a very human feature. Many people don't care for the fur options as much even though they can even alter what large cat species the character looks like. I guess the tall strong hunk factor is part of what draws players to the race, and not just the beast-like appearance.

So no, saying that fur patterns and hairstyles are not equally good for showing off personal customisation isn't an opinion stated as a fact. It is a fact.

Well, I didn't say that they were equally good. The "body will be covered most the time" is what I was referring to as a player choice and preference. What you wrote about glamour sets doesn't contradict that it's a choice to cover up the fur.