Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

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I don't think they actually removed anything for Hrothgar, just shuffled them around.

Hrothgar has the same amount of options (or "tabs" if you will) as every race has in the character creator, the only big difference is they swapped fur patterns with hairstyles. So they can freely switch between fur patterns rather than hairstyles, like you said it's a bad decision but it might be more so due to how some hairstyles are tailored to certain faces rather than them having so many other options they had to remove hairstyles.

Viera heads are also really not that differently shaped to other races where it would be problematic for hairstyles;



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the only difference immediately apparent is that Viera hairstyles have holes cut into them where the ears go (I assume so it makes a cleaner fit and you can't see a space between the hair and ears), they'd probably need to do that for other hairstyles as well and either raise or lower them slightly to connect cleanly with the ears.

They have also shown they have no problem with toggling Viera ears completely off where they deem it necessary for certain headgear so it just adds to the confusion of his answer, and why it's not a good idea to ask several questions rolled into one because we don't know what part he's answering.

EDIT: And Viera's "unique" customization feature is exactly the same as Elezen and Lalafell, the only difference is the shape and position, it's not a new thing.

Well this is terrifying to look at ahaha. But yeah, I don't see how it would be difficult to give Vieras hats/hairs. I assume they could get the pieces to blend up to the ears? I mean, I don't know too much about graphic design, but I would think that might potentially be a workable solution.

Not well, in some cases. Trolls' long faces and tusks, and tauren and worgen snouts, tend to either jut out weirdly from helmets, or just kinda disappear and hope you're not questioning it. Draenei and tauren horns and elves' and goblins' ears either clip through or disappear, depending on how they felt like designing a specific piece. It's not consistent.

There are times Au'ra horns go completely missing tbf. Or Miqote ears for that matter. So I guess with the head shape being similar on Vieras, it begs the question why are they holding out on us? Hrothgar, I can see (sadly) just because of the beastly features.