New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Allegor]

As much as I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, his tone deaf response says he was not expecting the huge backlash he received for this update. Quite the opposite really. I think he was expecting 1 of 2 things

1. No one would care

2. (this seems unlike him) I think he expected to receive thanks for the minimal effort put into the update (since the tone deaf response from some of the game's players seem to praise him for the very dirt he walks on)

Por que no los dos?

1. People made a riot about Hroth and Viera not being able to wear even glasses, imagine unironically thinking they'd be happy about getting body parts removed. No, there's no way they wouldn't have seen this coming unless they thought there's not enough people to be worth the attention. Just copy pasting the same hairstyles Viera got instead of choosing a handful that would actually fit Hrothgars was bad enough, it left it obvious both races are still treated as a "2x1" deal, but chopping off their ears for said hairstyles to even fit? bruh

2. To give credit where credit's due, at least Hroths can now switch between hairstyles that share the same face, so that's an improvement, and the part we'd be expected to be 'thankful' for.

[Roda]

Por que no los dos?

1. People made a riot about Hroth and Viera not being able to wear even glasses, imagine unironically thinking they'd be happy about getting body parts removed. No, there's no way they wouldn't have seen this coming unless they thought there's not enough people to be worth the attention. Just copy pasting the same hairstyles Viera got instead of choosing a handful that would actually fit Hrothgars was bad enough, it left it obvious both races are still treated as a "2x1" deal, but chopping off their ears for said hairstyles to even fit? bruh

I mean, they've been amputating miqo'te body parts since heavensward, viera's ears since shadowbringers, and now Au Ra/miqo'te/hrothgar tails with the moonward capes...
Not to even mention the abomination that is reaper's avatar form...

They clearly think S*** like this is ok:


Why wouldn't they assume the same of this:

[LaylaTsarra]

I'm curious are some of you fine with these hairstyles if they had ears or would you simply want more custom race specific styles? I have a male Hroth sitting in Greatwood I just never have time to get around to leveling him although honestly at this point he is a place holder for a female Hroth which I hope will be some thing I'd really want to play.

[Chikatsu]

I'm curious are some of you fine with these hairstyles if they had ears or would you simply want more custom race specific styles? I have a male Hroth sitting in Greatwood I just never have time to get around to leveling him although honestly at this point he is a place holder for a female Hroths which I hope will be some thing I'd really want to play.

It would be less insulting to have the ears intact, but no, the styles don’t look good in either circumstance, unless your goal is to look like a linebacker REALLY into K-Pop.

[Roda]

I'm curious are some of you fine with these hairstyles if they had ears or would you simply want more custom race specific styles?

I mean, both kinda... If we look at the other races, especially the other race released for an expansion (au ra), they all have a nice selection of hair tailored to their race, either exclusively, or hand selected to fit with their style from the existing races (Think this hair, and this hair). If they managed to make the existing hairstyles accessible to all faces, I'd say they'd be in a good place, but right now, one face having two racially defining hairstyles with one small variation each, is not enough.

And on the other hand, shared hairstyles should still continue to be a thing, I wouldn't use these hairstyles, but somebody might and that's alright! But they SHOULDN'T AMPUTATE BODYPARTS! Not only that, they need to look like they're growing out of the damn head they're on! But these things are just sitting there, cropping the ears and floating above where the skull would be, despite showing a part in the hair. That's not how hair works, that's not how scalps work, and that's definitely not how cartilage works, this is just bad artistry through and through.

I just want SE to treat the race seriously and not try to brute force old/unfitting creation techniques on a clearly new/different structure.

[Milus]

I'm curious are some of you fine with these hairstyles if they had ears or would you simply want more custom race specific styles? I have a male Hroth sitting in Greatwood I just never have time to get around to leveling him although honestly at this point he is a place holder for a female Hroth which I hope will be some thing I'd really want to play.

We won't be that upset as we are now, but still would never wear them. The problem is more that they think this is an ok choise, meaning even if they add good hairstyles, they planned to just chop off the ears and do a halfass job. The outrage is about ''we waited patiently for around 3 years to you don't even put an effort, announce weeks prior, build excitement, (I literaly woke up early to watch the letter of producer becuase of the hair reveal) for THIS''.