Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post
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.
It's because the beast race is being inserted into a game that was designed for races that have only or mostly skin, without customisable patterns on the body. So they are clothed in a manner that reflects this.

Most of the current gear sets are designed to either display the head or allow the option to, without compromising the design of the outfit. While chest and arms are very often completely covered by gear. So for many or even most hrothgar players they will end up in a situation where they can't see their fur patterns most of the time but they can always see their head. It's only natural to want to be able to extensively customise the part of your character that is on display the most.

Additionally hrothgar have manes which can clearly be styled like normal hair. Even the textures look like hair from other races. At least with au ra horns you can make the argument that they're hard as bone so they can't really be styled.

Also the eye is always drawn to the face whether you're looking at a human or a beast.

Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post
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.
While you're correct that it's a choice, you can't deny that when choosing to not cover the fur patterns your choice in chest pieces is dramatically reduced to the point that most gear sets will no longer look like themselves. Due to typical gear design, I think it would be particularly difficult for casters and tanks to find gear to display the fur patterns as well as being able to look like the job or role that they are playing as...and also be something that the player actually likes enough to glam in to.