Definitely not an echo chamber but definitely leaning towards one direction over another, regardless if they're the ones who will actually drop the cash on female Hrothgar or not. As someone who wants to actually spend the money as opposed to wanting them to be a certain way for the sake of "having so much diversity in the world! but not using fantasia!" I want something that looks good and has a body that works well with the equipment we have in game. Not femroe 2.0, and certainly nothing larger than that.

A version of the Misija body with a decent looking head is something I'm willing to buy a fantasia for. The Viera base would work well too, but with a different stance. Repeating design mistakes that people steer away from doesn't do much to convince me that resources should go to such a thing at all. If the options are "female Tauren but ffxiv" or stickers, I'm probably choosing the stickers.

However, making something that is *good* with characteristics that people generally like on female characters will actually see them populate the world as opposed to just being NPCs tucked away in random corners. I do not want them spending resources on making a setpiece we will barely see, I want them to make something that will sell, to me, and others. Even some of the most enthusiastic defenders of "beastial" female Hrothgar will still play them if they lean towards more traditional standards of beauty. Just like some of the people who really pushed for all sorts of different kinds of bunny boys ended up being quite happy with how they turned out-because they made something that appealed to a wide breadth of people as opposed to a niche crowd.