Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
Whatever's going on, I don't think that's it.

Cowls (which are incompatible with hats for any race) don't hide Viera ears.

I think it might be to do with how their hair is modelled - possibly with whatever underlying issue apparently stops them from being able to share designs with the other races, but also that they might not have been built to turn off the upper part of the hair when hats are equipped. Some of the fluffier Viera hairstyles would probably collapse down rather oddly.
I suspect hair is assigned to a different slot so it gets removed in favor of the cowl, while the ears remain in the hat slot. You're right though that "fluffing down" some Viera hairstyles would make them look strange, but this is clearly not a concern since they never intended us to wear hats anyway.

I don't really care about the hats anymore because this was known from the start, and there's no elegant solution to make most hats work. But 8 hairstyles total with a fringe/helmet added to double that amount is way too few. By all means add more circlets/hairpins/adornments, but please just give us more hair to choose from lol