New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Karowolus]

Oh look...


Someone beat the devs to the punch.

[Midareyukki]

*snrk*

...that does not look good. Why does the hair look like it's literally a purple potato on a Hrothgar's head?

Someone looked at this and thought it was okay. Someone approved of this. Someone bundled all this up and just sent it to us after the feedback. It looks stretched out and bad...

The only way that would ever "look good" is if the game had the potato quality of a Bethesda rip-off of pre graphical update World of Warcraft.

[Kelev]

But just look at this. Light leaking from his scalp because the hair is so poorly attached:




This is the more detailed post I wrote on it:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5893727

We've been told we can't have headgear because of quality standards.
We've been told we can't have hair because "it's really hard."

Now we're going to "get the ears back soon."

But...



I don't WANT the ears back because of the 2 inch gap would show half the ear under the wig.

This is not "better than nothing." This is "if we accept this, it will never get fixed right."

[SturmChurro]

This is not "better than nothing." This is "if we accept this, it will never get fixed right."

Exactly right. Don't ever give an inch for something like this.

[Roransu]

Oh look...


Someone beat the devs to the punch.

Unsurprising. Modders once again doing what the SE couldn't be bothered to do.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

Unsurprising. Modders once again doing what the SE couldn't be bothered to do.

Maybe SE will start acting like Bethesda who heaps the responsibility of fixing their own games almost entirely on modders. And the modders always deliver, which is great and sad in that no company will change their ways until they're forced to consider losses for their failures.

[Iedarus]

I only played the race briefly, but condolences to Hrothgar players. It's like a prank, but isn't... funny thing is, I recall that the Hrothgar were added under Yoshida's own decree, as iirc he mentioned in an interview way back in HW he wanted a more bestial-looking race.

Which is funny because the Viera looked very bestial with elongated limbs, clawed hands and digitigrade feet, yet we're now just humans with bunny ears.

[Xavier_Firbold]

Oh look...


Someone beat the devs to the punch.

Literally came here to post exactly the same thing.

Why do we pay this company money?

[Iedarus]

Japanese people to put it bluntly don't like outsiders and the people who learn Japanese put a lot of effort in to assimilate which also tends to unfortunately involve proving that you're "one of the good ones".

Even when one goes through the process to become a Japanese citizen they don't take your race or previous country into account during their census. They just mark you down as being Japanese as even the system is designed around everyone fitting a particular mold.

Breaking the mold is frowned upon. You, as a foreigner, break the mold by default. So they just get ornery and annoyed. I assure you it's less cultural differences and just ol' fashioned racism, as much as the weebs would scream otherwise.

As long as you try your best to be respectful and to write in the best Japanese you can, you're welcome to post there; there's no rule stating otherwise. People who've learned Japanese just try really hard to prove they're "not like the other foreigners" which to me is a waste of time and energy since anyone who is racist is just gonna lump you in with them either way.

Which is sad because this sums up Fordola's entire character arc. It's a common theme for Japanese people to advocate for one thing in media, then the complete opposite, IRL. It's honestly depressing...

[Akimori]

Partially, but, er.

Japanese people to put it bluntly don't like outsiders and the people who learn Japanese put a lot of effort in to assimilate which also tends to unfortunately involve proving that you're "one of the good ones".

We're talking about a country that is still debating whether or not it's ethical to force women (and only women) to wear high heels, get contacts or eye surgery because glasses are not part of one's uniform as well as one that forces children to dye their hair if they cannot get a doctor's note that states they are not genetically Japanese. These are not exaggerations and I have proven the women's worker rights multiple times on these forums.

Another example is that only recently did several schools announce that they won't force children to dye their hair or to wear specific colours of undergarments... but these are just a few, specific schools. The vast majority still do or at least have the power to continue to do so.

Even when one goes through the process to become a Japanese citizen they don't take your race or previous country into account during their census. They just mark you down as being Japanese as even the system is designed around everyone fitting a particular mold.

Breaking the mold is frowned upon. You, as a foreigner, break the mold by default. So they just get ornery and annoyed. I assure you it's less cultural differences and just ol' fashioned racism, as much as the weebs would scream otherwise.

As long as you try your best to be respectful and to write in the best Japanese you can, you're welcome to post there; there's no rule stating otherwise. People who've learned Japanese just try really hard to prove they're "not like the other foreigners" which to me is a waste of time and energy since anyone who is racist is just gonna lump you in with them either way.

Was just going to say thats racist either way...well..not so much as racist, but xenophobic