Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[Penthea]

I agree the body shape of the male viera is different than male miqote and what I was trying to convey is that if the male viera are the same height then the argument that the they are filling a gap doesn’t work then. The female miqote and female viera have different bodies too. You can’t say female miqote fill a certain roll and turn around and say viera are taller to fill a gap when literally male miqote and male viera comparison is the same. I absolutely think based on the pictures posted in the male viera thread it more than proves they are about midlander male height if not smaller. I don’t want to wait until a month before the expansion to launch to voice my opinion. I think they should let female viera be a bit smaller too. I could care less if male viera want to be tiny. I just don’t like the option being given to the males and denied to the females.

I'm starting to think your entire problem is short female viera don't exist.

[Penthea]

Not short. I don’t like the option to be mid height denied and given to male viera when it was specifically asked for viera females and denied. I happen to play tall characters like night elves in WoW and Altmer in ESO. I also hate the difference between Au Ra male and female. Why repeat the same mistakes. It’s irritating.

Not everyone views the au ra height difference as a mistake. I found that many people's problem with female au ra isn't necessarily the height all the time, it's that they just don't look fierce. The men do and in the concept art of the women they also did. But in the final product the men remained looking fierce and the women...look mostly harmless, lol. It's not just their height, it's their demeanor and their faces. Only one face could qualify as fierce, which is a shame.

I actually like that there are races with more obvious sexual dimorphism than just "here is the same thing but a bit shorter/taller". I would like if the female au ra looked less gentle but their height doesn't bother me much. And if male viera do turn out to be noticeably shorter than the women I'll be fine with it.

As for the live letter...

Well SE had said the expansion would come in in Fall, so I expected it to be a lot sooner than the latter half of November so with this in mind it's not surprising that not a lot about the expansion was revealed which means...gotta wait even longer to hear about any updates relating to the new races. Sigh. Well at least we have male viera and hrothgar ladies confirmed so that has given me a spark of hope that something will be done about the head customisation restrictions.

Disappointed that nothing was said about hair, but I am excited for male viera so it's not as bad as it could have been.