6.2 Hrothgar Update

[SturmChurro]

Unless Im misremembering, I swear you advocated for...or at least said the race would be better off with Human/Humanoid faces. Basically Miqote 2.0
Always a chance Im misremembering or something.
They would look off automatically if they dont have animal heads...because anything else would be against the Philosophy of a Beast Race.
Well...yes they are obligated, they flat out said "Dont worry, they are coming" so...anything less and they look like huge liars, and even a Hopelessly optimistic supporter like me would just turn heel against them. And not just because Im not getting my Precious FemHroths, but because they said they were doing it..and then decided not to. Dont tell me your gonna do it, and then dont.
I both agree but disagree, they should have at least waited till they had stuff figured out...but no, giving us at least a beast race is nice and smart, considering people love to spout more options is good. And till now we didnt have a truely different option for a Player Avatar. (Most of) The Competition has a Beast Race, FFXIV didnt have one.

Not enough, Ill raise you 6! Im going Platinum >:3

If they are going to be a beast race, I agree that they should look like beasts, as in the features. I do not think they should be as muscular as males however, that would really put me off, personally. I'd rather have them slimmer, but fit. Like I muscular Khajiit or something (features).

That is a quote of mine from 2019. Believe it or not, I actually like a little bit of continuity. Miqo'te 2.0 would look weird (said so earlier in this thread as well) to me. I can personally prefer a certain look, while also acknowledging that it would probably be more popular if they went a different direction for the design. Similarly, I did say I think viera would be more popular if they were able to be shorter, I personally like them with their current height ranges. When I talk about something I typically look at it from multiple angles. It's the same reason I would like to see tail and ear support for races such as miqo'te or au ra, for example. These are a core piece of their racial design. I might not like the clipping, but I don't think simply cutting them off is a solution to that problem. No, I don't think they should look like miqo'te 2.0.

Back then, I was more in support of the addition of viera/hrothgar and their missing counterparts. I was a lot more naive, and I had believed Yoshida at his word. I sat there for months, then years, hoping for an update for viera, and that hrothgar would see their fantasia issue resolved. I optimistically wanted the shared hairstyles, since players paid for many of them with real money. I never had it in my mind the reality of the situation, and how low quality the hair would truly end up looking. Female viera and male hrothgar upon their release may have been sustainable to maintain their patch schedule, but after covid, and the addition of male viera, team members being moved over to that other FF, female hrothgar on the horizon. All I see now is how many more compromises will have to be made to sustain these races. Most likely less hairs for everyone, less outfits, etc. It's just not worth it. I agree that a beast race adds variety, but I don't think it was worth the cost at the time. I guess you could say that I am 'jaded' about the whole situation at this point.