Viera and Hrothgar Megathread

[LuciaMirain]

if you like your female viera tall, you should go for max height! the difference in height is not that apparent anyways - otherwise to be shorter than him you must pull the height below 50%. i kind of find it cute you guys are the reverse height of the real world. since canonically in xiv the males are shorter - your bf should even go min height imo to make the reversal worth it xD

He already chose max height in the benchmark. I think I might go max height, I am almost there already. Isnt it like 6 cm in difference or something when they are both maxed?

[Fukuro]

He already chose max height in the benchmark. I think I might go max height, I am almost there already. Isnt it like 6 cm in difference or something when they are both maxed?

yeah i think it‘s 5cm and it‘s not that visible, or is it?
bringing the meme back


jokes aside, you can go max for both genders in the benchmark and compare them side by side. i‘m not sure yet if i‘ll go 180cm (my irl height) or just go max height to tower over hyurs and miqo‘tes xD

[KaTnIs]

Yes, that's most likely - that and possibly paid ones and *fingers crossed* more racially unique ones for them in the future! Hopefully no vanilla ones.

I hope both genders and not only female Vieras...
more unique ones are also good

[Yencat]

Yes, that's most likely - that and possibly paid ones and *fingers crossed* more racially unique ones for them in the future! Hopefully no vanilla ones.

Why hopefully no vanilla ones? If they can easily get them to work I don't see why it'd be bad to unlock them, the more options the better.

[Akimori]

oh look what I found on twitter for "viera hats"... I wonder how it was done, must have been magic since Yoshi-P told us it's not possible...

Looks fantastic AND it was scaled appropriately.....cant say the same for other races (like roes) where the hats are too big even for them xD

[Iscah]

Looks fantastic AND it was scaled appropriately.....cant say the same for other races (like roes) where the hats are too big even for them xD

There are two factors there though: modding and hairstyle choice.

Headgear only the game has to be sized to fit over any hairstyle, so it sits where it would need to meet with the widest fluffiest hairstyles, and short or tied-up styles are left with it sitting oddly loose as a result.

The character in the picture is using the sort of hairstyle that would fill the hat in any case, and additionally could be modifying it to fit perfectly.

It's just not the same situation as the one-size-for-all structure of the unmodded game.

[HollowedDoll]

There are two factors there though: modding and hairstyle choice.

Headgear only the game has to be sized to fit over any hairstyle, so it sits where it would need to meet with the widest fluffiest hairstyles, and short or tied-up styles are left with it sitting oddly loose as a result.

The character in the picture is using the sort of hairstyle that would fill the hat in any case, and additionally could be modifying it to fit perfectly.

It's just not the same situation as the one-size-for-all structure of the unmodded game.

It is hair that conforms to the hats, not the other way around.

[Awha]

yeah i think it‘s 5cm and it‘s not that visible, or is it?
bringing the meme back


jokes aside, you can go max for both genders in the benchmark and compare them side by side. i‘m not sure yet if i‘ll go 180cm (my irl height) or just go max height to tower over hyurs and miqo‘tes xD

To be fair I have a friend that is 5'11 and that is how they feel around people 6" like come on man just one more inch but it is a massive cliff.

[Allegor]

There are two factors there though: modding and hairstyle choice.

Headgear only the game has to be sized to fit over any hairstyle, so it sits where it would need to meet with the widest fluffiest hairstyles, and short or tied-up styles are left with it sitting oddly loose as a result.

The character in the picture is using the sort of hairstyle that would fill the hat in any case, and additionally could be modifying it to fit perfectly.

It's just not the same situation as the one-size-for-all structure of the unmodded game.

I'm not saying you're wrong because it's likely how it goes, but that doesn't really justify how that hat actually looks good on races like Miqo, Lalas or Midlanders, but for Roes it feels they just went *click, enlarge, done* without any control check whatsoever. Big races may not be popular by demand, but half assing it when it comes to them only adds insult to injury.

[Iscah]

It is hair that conforms to the hats, not the other way around.

I don't think so. Other than having a "lower half only" model that it switches to when wearing hats, I've never seen hair adjust shape to fit hats.

I will test it next time I'm in the game, but for now I doubt it.

I know I've tried on things like the baseball cap in the past and seen that it fits badly on my Miqo'te who has a high ponytail hairstyle.