Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

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My theory as to why these races didn't get any hair is because they already did. 8 unique hairstyles for each (with Viera getting alternative slightly different ones). And since 5.0 they released 8 hairstyles for everyone else.
So now that we're "even", there is some possibility that they might get more hairstyles, either in a batch or along everyone else, starting with 6.0.


We know that they are very capable to release a new race in a short amount of time, if the priority is set accordingly. You could argue that there wasn't much time to make things work for Viera but Hrothgar was of "their own making"... and they have more limitations, though most likely because the priorities were set like this. It really isn't rocket science to make a hair work for another race, but they can probably only whip out so many of them at a time.
8 / expansion? It were 7 between 4.0 - 5.0 and 9 between 3.0 and 4.0.

Yeah, this is more along the lines of how I see things.

The reason we get so few hairstyles in general is because hairstyles are used as incentives for doing content. I've played a number of MMOs, this one likes to drip feed us hair but tie it to content whereas others like GW2 and PSO2 use it as incentive to pay more.
They give us 2 for free when an expansion drops, but that's it. Every new hairstyle is linked to some kinda content to get you to play the new stuff, or you have to get it from someone who played the new stuff ... and sometimes it comes from the Mog-station. This expac we have had 11 hairstyles if you count the datamined 1 that's yet to be released (I'm guessing we're getting a 12th when they put Cat Boi outfit on the Mog-station) so my guess is that when ever they reveal the hair for these races it will be around a dozen, but that's a pure guess.

Then there's the topic of "how do you release hair that's only for 1 race". Given that they likely don't want to release an item in game that's sellable on the MB that unlocks hair for only 1 race ... that's an interesting pickle. Even more confusing for Hrothgar, given they gave different foreheads and ear shapes to each head which makes manes not match easily without tweaks (Hrothgar basically don't have hair, their stuff is all CC O_o). So it could shake out that they wouldn't ever release 1 Hrothgar mane without manes for other faces if they decide to not design manes all faces can have.

All in all I think they may make a Mog-Station item that unlocks a bundle of hair for them at the end of the expac (that says in no uncertain terms that these ONLY work for these races) or simply add them for free as a feature in 6.0.