New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Kelev]

Hey. Thank you for the feedback.

But the devs have made one big mistake: they took unexpectedly something away from the players. In this case: the ears. I do not know one game, where the feedback was very positive when the devs did something like that. But i can remember games, where the feedback was negative. So please do not do it.


Cheers

Spicy take here: I’m grateful for the missing ears. I despise the haircuts as they are. There’s nothing bestial or in-line with being Hrothgar there in the first place, and the additional shape of the skull alone is terrifying. When you couple that with the explanation “you have to imagine the ears under the hair” it undermines the excuses we’ve been given for no headgear support.

So the lack of ears has helped the community to rally around the fact that the devs have left Hrothgar essentially unfinished since ShB launch.

And as a Hrothgar, folks saying “You know, I don’t play Hrothgar, but y’all got done dirty,” that support means the world to me.

And if all we get out of this is the same crappy, out-of-touch hairstyles, just with ears instead of:

- Hairstyles in line with Hrothgar lore and design
- Hairstyles that make an attempt to conform to our skulls
- Frank talk from the dev team and transparency as to what they’re going to do about it
- The ability to use ALL the legacy hairstyles across all our faces, which is something every other race has
- The devs understanding that while face/ hair combinations for other races can be in the hundreds, Hrothgar have had 8, 2 per “skull” and even then swapping between the two cost $10
- That even when Viera hair was upgraded even then there was months of time to weigh in before implementation and there’s more work planned

Then.. …all we’ve really learned is that people should have ears. And, frankly, that kind of terrible dev response is something I expect from Blizzard. Not Square.

I *expect* from a game that values individual expression and design that races continue to evolve and mature and have the designs get more robust. And it means a ton to me that the community aren’t saying “this is what you deserve,” but rather “let’s make sure no one gets left behind.”

So, I’m grateful for my missing ears, and for anyone reading this.