Why Do Vieras Have The Same Hempen Design As Hyur Midlanders?

[Enla]

C. They had time management issues with the development of both Viera and Hrothgar and took shortcuts wherever possible to meet the expansion deadline. I still remember the last Fanfest where the outright stated that the Hrothgar werent media ready till right before the event, and if you look at the Viera reveal all the models are using the same face. This is only a handful of months before launch, mind.

I think they just flat out bit off more than they could chew. But instead of delaying the races till they were better realized they rushed them out to meet a deadline.

[Clover_Blake]

C. They had time management issues with the development of both Viera and Hrothgar and took shortcuts wherever possible to meet the expansion deadline. I still remember the last Fanfest where the outright stated that the Hrothgar werent media ready till right before the event, and if you look at the Viera reveal all the models are using the same face. This is only a handful of months before launch, mind.

I think they just flat out bit off more than they could chew. But instead of delaying the races till they were better realized they rushed them out to meet a deadline.

What kind of reasonable argument is this? No, you're mistaken. It's all about laziness.

[Skivvy]

C. They had time management issues with the development of both Viera and Hrothgar and took shortcuts wherever possible to meet the expansion deadline. I still remember the last Fanfest where the outright stated that the Hrothgar werent media ready till right before the event, and if you look at the Viera reveal all the models are using the same face. This is only a handful of months before launch, mind.

I think they just flat out bit off more than they could chew. But instead of delaying the races till they were better realized they rushed them out to meet a deadline.

I totally agree that Viera & Hrothgar were most likely rushed to meet a deadline, but what leaves me scratching my head now is, why are they taking the stance of no longer attempting to bring old hairstyles to Viera, and why are hats seemingly impossible to bring to both Viera and Hrothgar?

With Viera at least, they originally said that they would bring some hairstyles over, but not all. Now we've been told they won't add any old styles - custom coifs only. Now that they are past the initial ShB push, why can't they work on adding the old to Viera? I'm assuming their head is a unique mesh, so perhaps it would take time for them to implement - but this is the game dev we're talking about. It's very within their power to do this. Even if it wasn't an all-at-once thing, they could release them in batches if the future projects are keeping them occupied for the most part. But to flat out say, No, we're just not going to do that? I really struggle with that decision.

And hats! Hats complete so many looks and styles. As they say, glamour is the ultimate endgame, and Viera/Hroth are at a rather hefty disadvantage there. :P Again, I'm sure fitting hats to both races would be quite the undertaking, but this is just something you do and account for as a dev.

When it came to Viera / Hroth, I had been very optimistic originally with the updates that would come after things settled down from ShB, but I've lost most of that now. I love Viera and Hroth, but they truly feel unfinished to me and it bums me out.

edit:
Totally forgot about the topic at hand, undies! That's another thing too! Unless this was a sign that they are going to be unlocking hempen sets in the near future (my dream!), this is just another design choice that adds to the overall feeling of being rushed/incomplete races. ._.