Au'ra

[Iscah]

While it's not exactly the flip you're saying, the Viera will fill this gap somewhat. The boys are much shorter than the girls and much more..what's the word.. feminine? than other males.

5 centimetres isn't "much shorter".

[Iscah]

At the very least, they could change the max height of the female au ra and leave the minimum alone, so those that want to be cutesy lizards can continue to do so while those that want to be tall badass dragon girls can have their fun too.

The height slider doesn't change body shape, just makes the whole model larger, so if they have too much size range then they start looking strange and out of proportion with other characters.

[Tsiron]

The height slider doesn't change body shape, just makes the whole model larger, so if they have too much size range then they start looking strange and out of proportion with other characters.

There's still quite a bit more leeway than their official height range would lead you to believe. Making them Elezen or even Viera height is definitely out of the question, but between Mid and Highlander, for example? Should totally be doable without it looking weird

It wouldn't address their other problems, but at the very least increasing female Au Ra's height range would really not be difficult at all, the only caveat being that they can never be anywhere near as tall as the males because it would look wrong due to the way they were designed. But making them... idk, just below like female Highlander in height would alleviate them looking like a joke next to the male Au Ra quite a bit I think.

[kaynide]

5 centimetres isn't "much shorter".

The tallest male will still be shorter than the shortest female. So, yeah, if we're comparing them maybe it's not a big difference, but there is a gap.
Unless I am misinformed, in which case I retract the whole thing.

[Fukuro]

The tallest male will still be shorter than the shortest female.

nope! tallest male is around 186cm if i remember right, shortest female is around 178cm! they are about the same height(max female being 5cm taller than max male), which makes also sense lorewise.

[Tsiron]

Here we go, scaled up based on the proportions of their head! Min height would be between Midlander and Highlander, as I already mentioned, while max height seems to line up with min height Viera!

EDIT: Added the male height chart to the side, for the hell of it. Still much shorter than male Au Ra (and shorter than Midlanders), but looking at it now it really blows my mind how severe the height difference is normally, it's absurd...

[kaynide]

nope! tallest male is around 186cm if i remember right, shortest female is around 178cm! they are about the same height(max female being 5cm taller than max male), which makes also sense lorewise.

Misinformed it is (me, not you guys!)

[SherlottaEryut]

I'd love to see the Au'Ra in a more 'taller and demonic' looking light with more customization options. When I first joined XIV I didn't know they were supposed to be a dragon-like race because they didn't come across intimidating nor that different from the Miqo'te... Or maybe I'm just unobservant.

[Kobalos]

I hate how cutsey and 'owo' the girls look compared to the overly edgy blokes, most femra come up to my characters crotch, it is just awkward

[Theodric]

The majority of people playing female characters seem to pick short and dainty looking options already, so I think it is pretty much a case of the development team seeking to appeal to the most commonly desired aesthetic.

Female roegadyn are often touted as amazing and valid and the best thing ever on the likes of Reddit and Twitter but in actuality they're the least played race/gender combination in the game.

If we get additional customisation options at a later date, though, then I'd be fine with more options for demonic/draconic aesthetics.