Hairstyles

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The problem with the short hairstyles we do have is they're really bland & kinda bad. They're bad because they're either mullets or anime-mop cuts & all lack creativity. Even the long hairstyles are 'meh'.
NPC's get the best of either short hairs or long hairs & we get stuck with a karen manager haircut so it makes what is available look even worse.

Viera hands down have the best hairstyles. Even their short hair as ugly as it is, is better than what is available to the other races. If Viera were given Frans giant ponytail or Mjrn's dainty chin-length bob cut, I'd swap to Viera.

The dancer hairstyle is even really bland. I'd have loved if there had been a bangs variant but with the way it was designed just reminds me of someone who has no idea what to do with their hair. Alot of what we have just leaves more to be desired if I were honest. Even though it may not seem it, I do appreciate what we have gotten, but there is alot of room for growth in the future.

I'd like to see Hairstyles inspired from other Final Fantasy games as well.
BlessOnline, the train-wreck it was; their CC was actually really decent & just seemed like something FFXIV's CC should have been more like. Alot of the Bless hairstyles were done really well, from elaborate braids to full, evenly positioned tied-back warrior buns. They even had a decent ponytail that looked better than what Hien has.
Even Our Modern Aesthetic hairstyles are just 'meh' - Especially when you look at Gaia's hair or Hilda's, Lyse, Zenos, Emet-Selch hairs, Even Cid's Beard- Atleast we got Aymeric's hair.

But if there are any other hairstyle design contests, I've wanted to enter & create a short & long hairstyle which can look elaborate & doesn't have to look like that edgy-anime boy look we've gotten 10 other times.
I've even considered resorting to using mods for FFXIV in the past just to have a more fulfilling character with hairstyles that we'll likely never see in FFXIV- because most modded hairstyles actually look good compared to what's available in-game.
If there wasn't a dark-side to the modding community that had made it all look bad, I'd have originally encouraged the designers to take inspiration from the modders who create such amazing hairstyles. I've come to realize: I know full well the designers have alot on their plate as it is, it really can't be easy & for all we know they do create designs players would love to only have it thrown aside.

Another possible truth I've come to realize in FFXIV- even if we had a better variation of hairstyles, half of the playerbase wouldn't utilize them because they lack any morsel of creativity & just copy each other & AFK, half-naked in cities. From that stand-point I just think "why bother?" so I can understand why we get what we get when it comes to hairstyles & other cosmetics.

My rant may seem pretentious & it's not my intention but it's just how I look at the current situation of cosmetics & hairstyles.