We need bearded Miqo'te!

[Theodric]

It depends on what people are referring to in regards to facial hair, since light and thick stubble is a lot more popular in general as an aesthetic compared to thick, scruffy beards. The former tends to enhance the facial features of a guy. The latter tends to be about obscuring a weak jawline. There's countless characters in JRPG's with stubble, though beards aren't exactly a rarity - especially in Japanese games designed to appeal to a more mature audience and/or a Western audience.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The latter tends to be about obscuring a weak jawline.

I know a lot of metalheads who would take offense to that.

[SturmChurro]

It depends on what people are referring to in regards to facial hair, since light and thick stubble is a lot more popular in general as an aesthetic compared to thick, scruffy beards. The former tends to enhance the facial features of a guy. The latter tends to be about obscuring a weak jawline. There's countless characters in JRPG's with stubble, though beards aren't exactly a rarity - especially in Japanese games designed to appeal to a more mature audience and/or a Western audience.

Oh yeah, when it comes to games the fully bearded characters tend to have really weak jawlines. All you gotta do is take the beard off a Skyrim Nord preset. It's kind of scary. I tend to prefer stubble as well, it looks a lot nicer. Makes a male character look way cooler. If only we had some of that in this game... but beards and stubble are apparently very difficult to implement..