I think SE should let us make shorter Elves like Alphinaud

[DarkMasamune]

Alphinaud and Alisaie are 'small' because they're not mature yet. Elezen get to their adult size at around 20 ish years old according to the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

Well I mean, they should be adult by now but you know, time bubble and whatnot.

[SturmChurro]

Or shorter Viera. The shortest height still towers over everyone lol.

Not needed. Height is what makes races like viera and elezen unique to their other female counterparts. Meaning more variety. Sliders should be (stay) restricted, in my opinion.

To add, by the way, viera look like they are towering even on the lower end of the height slider, because most of the people playing races like miqo'te and au ra you see have their height sliders at minimum.

[Lium]

It will never happen. Elezen are a tall race, and uniquely proportioned. A traditional DnD elf looks like Hilda. Granted, drow should be shorter, and they have different coloration, but Hilda would be the look. Really too bad they don't have the resources to do more for the races we have, new races, or potentially a playable half elezen race like Hilda.

Most elven races in fantasy all take their look from Tolkien, where they were described as “tall and hauntingly beautiful”. Specifically the elves of Lothlorien. That’s been the standard for the last 60-some-odd years.

DnD sort of broke the mold a little bit.

[Rasikko]

Not needed. Height is what makes races like viera and elezen unique to their other female counterparts. Meaning more variety. Sliders should be (stay) restricted, in my opinion.

To add, by the way, viera look like they are towering even on the lower end of the height slider, because most of the people playing races like miqo'te and au ra you see have their height sliders at minimum.

You know we are(main is Viera) rivaled by female roes and highlanders in terms of height right? It's not all that unique. I just would like to be shorter =p and I have stood next to max height cats.

Edit: on the other hand(the 3D modeler in me is talking now), they would look weird downscaled.

[Bright-Flower]

Give me viera bodies with elven ears instead of bunny ears and I'm sold.

I wouldn't mind a shorter race on principle, something like WoW dwarf height, taller than lalafel but shorter than the other races. But I don't think we'll see any more races in FFXIV aside from MAYBE male viera/female hrothgar if the dev team can manage it. But even what we have seems to be stretching it.

As far as just increasing the sliders, the way the sliders work you can only go so far with them. Shrinking or enlarging the models too much will start to make things look wonky. So giving us short elezen wouldn't be as simple as just letting us shrink elezen more with the height slider.

[Fawkes]

They should let us make longer elves, like this one

[TwiibieTwuu]

They should let us make longer elves, like this one

That's just a regular elezen though

[Rasikko]

Waiting for neck jokes.

[Videra]

This thread can only go well.

[OvernightSiren]

I'd like this too, if only because it's a little frustrating that the majority of male character models you can play as are really big and buff. The only exception is male Miqote and to a lesser extent midlanders.