What is going on with Square Enix and the 14 team?

[LisSquid]

It’s pretty bad that it took this long just to get some facial hair lmao.

I still cannot BELIEVE that they just slapped stubble on copy of the midlander face, and then told people to fanta. Incredible.

[aveyond-dreams]

I still cannot BELIEVE that they just slapped stubble on copy of the midlander face, and then told people to fanta. Incredible.

Given that back in 2019 it was acceptable to release a race that had to pay $10 to change their hairstyle, midlanders having to pay for their beards came as no surprise.

[LisSquid]

Given that back in 2019 it was acceptable to release a race that had to pay $10 to change their hairstyle, midlanders having to pay for their beards came as no surprise.

I know, but when I saw that preview video I had thought someone was having a laugh. Surely after the feedback from Hrothgar SE would see this is a poor decision, right? Right..?

[Midareyukki]

Given that back in 2019 it was acceptable to release a race that had to pay $10 to change their hairstyle, midlanders having to pay for their beards came as no surprise.

"back in 2019"? xD It only stopped being that way a month ago. Worse still, it only works for one native hairstyle.

I know, but when I saw that preview video I had thought someone was having a laugh. Surely after the feedback from Hrothgar SE would see this is a poor decision, right? Right..?

We were told twice in a row "It's too hard, we don't have time and your models are too weird" ....meanwhile, modders.

Ok I know that's a poor excuse to present, but it's still true A lot of the stuff that modders have made proved that it really wasn't. And many tech-savvy people came out against that statement by showing Square Enix exactly how the process could work, and how the models are done. Nothing since then because to SE the topic "was addressed". People even say that Yoshida's reply felt like scorn more than anything, which already doesn't really bode well for the future.

Frankly, I think the majority of released hairstyles SUCK. If we are going to get feminine hairs, at least give us stuff that looks good. I want some longer hairs, for example. I'd rather they just release hairs that look great for males, and others that look great for females - and by the way, both can still, often times, look good on either. Instead of looking 'meh' on both.

Have you seen Hrothgar modded with the Styled For Hire hairstyle? They look surprisingly good.