Give Highlanders eyebrows already

[Nedkel]

It seems like you have eyebrowns already arent you? haha

[Ryaz]

The eyebrow thing doesn't bother me as much as the fact that Highlanders have 4 faces, 3 of which are ugly as sin. And the only one with a beard that I like has a neanderthal forehead and Roegadyn-like nose. They are not a pretty people. Someone actually asked me if a glam I made was modded because the Highlander looked hotter than normal, but it was just the fact that I was using a headwrap that covered the jutting forehead and nose.

I play one more for the stature than anything.

But I doubt SE would change anything. Apparently even putting in eyebrows would cause the entire system to have a meltdown of such epic proportions the government would have to step in to declare a national emergency. Or something.

[IsaacMerquise]

well unless you can really present a solid case to the devs it's not gonna change anytime soon. it's baked into the main lore of the game. not something to be changed on a whim just because "I wanna have them".

It's not baked into the lore though, only Ala Mhigan tradition. Highlander's born outside of Ala Mhigo with families that wanted to escape that life say, after a war that made their race look bad...The Autumn war for instance. Would have no reason to do that. Do you think if an Elezen family adopted a Highlander baby they would buzz his face? No, of course not. That would be stupid. It's not "I want to have them." Of course, I do, but that's not the statement. The statement is that we SHOULD have them. It's not something like Viera with headgear, they don't need to remodel hundreds of items, all they need to do is give us some friggin' brows that match our hair colour and don't take up the facepaint slot, or look horrible. It's simply not a case of want, it's a case of why? If they can give Miqo'te playable men and Roegadyn playable women, eyebrows really shouldn't be out of reach.

[myahele]

I think it's just probably system/ coding limitations at this point. They'd have to sacrifice a facial feature in order (a scar option maybe?) for them to make a toggleable eyebrow like with the male Au Ra.

But knowing SE, they'd double down on the lore reasoning why they lack eyebrows if somebody asks them to give Highlanders eyebrows. Funny how even the Highlander-equivalent on the 1st Shard seem to share the same lore.

[Esmoire]

In general I'd love to see a huge pass on character customization after they iron out technical issues. Any excuse about how something should be rare or disobeys the bulk of how a race is in the lore is irrelevant. It was irrelevant from 2.0, nevermind now with all the Sun Cat Boys, Viera, Hrothgar running around.

Want to see padjal horns for midlanders. Eyebrows for highlander neb. The ability to separate face and horns for au ra. Muscle definition sliders for more people. None of these things I want to see apply to my character, and I am not so arrogant as to feel the character creation for someone else should be limited to how I see fit.

[TwiibieTwuu]

I've just noticed you guys really do have no eyebrows! (Freaks.) Seems a bit weird why they wouldn't.

[Theodric]

well unless you can really present a solid case to the devs it's not gonna change anytime soon. it's baked into the main lore of the game. not something to be changed on a whim just because "i wanna have them".

It doesn't even make sense from a lore perspective, since not every Highlander is even from Ala Mhigo in the first place. Nor do they necessarily care for it. Also note that Highlander women mysteriously aren't subjected to the same limitations. I'm sure the development team know full well that it wouldn't be a popular limitation on the female model, though unfortunately that didn't stop them where the male model is concerned.

It's also been a common request for them to be added right from the launch of the game.

On my end, I'm never giving up the fight and I suggest others rally around the cause as well - Highlander men have a pretty nice physique but there's only two faces I see used on average (one of which is much more popular than the other) and even then the lack of eyebrows just discourages many people from playing one.

It's like how Elves are among the most popular character choice in other MMO's but they're not in FFXIV - in large part due to inelegant, weird proportions for the model and their animations.

[Windseraph]

I've made the face paint caterpillars work for me, but yeah would be nice to finally have the option

[Duskane]

Clearly they are not against putting eye brows on high landers

[SenorPatty]

There's a lore...behind eyebrows?


/raisesabsenteyebrow