About the races we have.

[Iscah]

Honestly, I don't quite understand what some people thinks that "cute" means. Some says that anything besides the bara races is "cute", including those edgy lords au ri, the humans who isn't some wood cutter or those elezen who have twice the Alphinaud's weight. And male miqo'te isn't cute. Period.

"Cute" has multiple meanings. Small-and-cute is the primary one of course, but can also mean "attractive" for certain types of looks.

I absolutely consider my Au Ra alt to be "cute", especially if he's smiling or doing other emotes instead of the normal straight face. (But I wouldn't call my Elezen alt cute; he's more elegant.)

The only option to people who wants to do an bookworm guy with round glasses (a build that makes sense if he's an SCH) is Lalafell. Everything else will be awkward. There is no way to make an convincing nerdy guy out of a muscular character.

The thing is, as soon as you put a character in full-length clothing, they stop looking muscular - some races more than others, of course, but if you can't see that the underlying character model is muscular then you can pretend they aren't.

You could definitely do the "bookworm guy with glasses" character archetype with Midlander or Miqo'te. I'd go for face #3 Miqo'te (eg. G'raha) if I was making a character like that.

[Senn]

they just showed there is a body type like Omega.

Omega uses a modified elezen base. It's not the same. Omega m's proportions look so much better. No giraffe neck or awkward looking limbs. Omega m has a thinner torso, thinner arms, and they just look much more elegant.

[Leomoon]

Omega uses a modified elezen base. It's not the same. Omega m's proportions look so much better. No giraffe neck or awkward looking limbs. Omega m has a thinner torso, thinner arms, and they just look much more elegant.

Ok sure whatever man.

[CorbinDallas]

Ok sure whatever man.

"It's a similar build but doesn't conform to my specific preferences therefore it doesn't count."

[Iscah]

Omega m has a thinner torso, thinner arms, and they just look much more elegant.

As I said when I first posted the picture, that's partly down to the shirt he's wearing. (I didn't get the screenshot specifically for comparison, or I would have picked something more form-fitting.) you can see from the wrists relative to the sleeves that he'd look slimmer without it.

The proportions like hand size and arm length are definitely using the same skeleton. That's what made me notice in the first place.

[Senn]

"It's a similar build but doesn't conform to my specific preferences therefore it doesn't count."

A lot of people are put off by elezen's proportions and for good reason. I would like male viera to do the elegant/woodland folk niche justice. That's all.

[Leomoon]

"It's a similar build but doesn't conform to my specific preferences therefore it doesn't count."

I do think the Elezen body's could use a upgrade but I would say that for every model in game. From what I hear all the 2.0 stuff is low texture models to be honest I would love if all the 2.0 and 3.0 stuff all got a HD makeover.

[Leomoon]

A lot of people are put off by elezen's proportions and for good reason. I would like male viera to do the elegant/woodland folk niche justice. That's all.

they are based of the XI elf model.

[CorbinDallas]

A lot of people are put off by elezen's proportions and for good reason. I would like male viera to do the elegant/woodland folk niche justice. That's all.

The question I would then ask, is where do we draw the line? Say you get what you want, but the arms are too thin for someone else. What then? Let's make a new race for that one incredibly niche preference!

It's exhausting seeing how nitpicky people are about this sort of thing, but a line has to be drawn somewhere otherwise we'll never hear the end of it.

[Senn]

I do think the Elezen body's could use a upgrade but I would say that for every model in game. From what I hear all the 2.0 stuff is low texture models to be honest I would love if all the 2.0 and 3.0 stuff all got a HD makeover.

But then there are people who would be very upset if their characters were changed. Some people like the giraffe neck. I hate it personally, but we can't change what's already in the game, and I don't think the devs will update the character creator in such a way where you can adjust the limbs and the shape of the body. Yoshida already stated in an interview that instead of making it so you can change the shape of your character, they would rather just make a new race.

This is why I hope if male viera comes out, they will do what elezen could not.

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Most male characters have big biceps, even elezen. There are options for people already out there, but none for people who want something thinner.