Why do Viera and Hrothgar Pay the Same for Less?

[ReynTime]

they can fix viera but won't because they can't do the same for hrothgar without starting over.
all of hrothgars woes relate to their incredibly thick neck and the way they hunch over. any hair we already have will probably clip through the neck and the only way to put a hat on them is to drastically resize and reposition it.
another solution would be to do what wow did, giving them a unique headpiece that can be reskinned to match the gearset, but that only works in wow because most of their gear (robes especially) are the same mesh with new textures. it doesnt fit as well in ffxiv.

I never understood why they even made them hunch over. Weren't they based on Ronso? Most Ronso stand straight.

[Lihtleita]

I never understood why they even made them hunch over. Weren't they based on Ronso? Most Ronso stand straight.

probably so they have a different silhouette to male roegadyn.
fun fact, the galka (roegadyns xi daddy) were originally based on lion men. its like the two races were destined to get confused.

[Akimori]

I never understood why they even made them hunch over. Weren't they based on Ronso? Most Ronso stand straight.

Exactly, if one of their walls for developing stuff for them is their hunched back, they have to remember that SE was the one who made the design choice for them. So, they literally backed themselves into a corner and opened themselves up for criticism from the playerbase about why they can't have things that the other races have