VIERA AND HROTHGAR COMPLAINT MEGATHREAD

[Caro178]

If I'm remembering right thus far the history of Viera hair additions has been:

6.0 female: Mid length fluffy with bangs
6.0 male: Emmanellain
6.0 Shared: Controlled Chaos, Gold Saucer ponytail, 2B, 9S, Lightning/Snow cash shop

6.1 female: Twin tails with bangs, mid length side part with half ponytail, long dreads, Lyse hair via cash shop update
6.1 male: Pippin's style, feathery short, middle part Hippie
6.1 Shared: Fashionably Feathered, Rainmaker, Both Ways

I don't love all of these hairstyles but I have seen people using all of them. 4 base game for each gender and 8 Modern Aesthetics + Lyse's for fViera and not counting today's patch notes is decent all things considered. In terms of hair selection Viera have already come a long way in a short time. Just have to be patient that everyones' favourite styles will be added eventually.

[LuciaMirain]

If I'm remembering right thus far the history of Viera hair additions has been:

6.0 female: Mid length fluffy with bangs
6.0 male: Emmanellain
6.0 Shared: Controlled Chaos, Gold Saucer ponytail, 2B, 9S, Lightning/Snow cash shop

6.1 female: Twin tails with bangs, mid length side part with half ponytail, long dreads, Lyse hair via cash shop update
6.1 male: Pippin's style, feathery short, middle part Hippie
6.1 Shared: Fashionably Feathered, Rainmaker, Both Ways

I don't love all of these hairstyles but I have seen people using all of them. 4 base game for each gender and 8 Modern Aesthetics + Lyse's for fViera and not counting today's patch notes is decent all things considered. In terms of hair selection Viera have already come a long way in a short time. Just have to be patient that everyones' favourite styles will be added eventually.

I remember being quite annoyed with the release of those specific hairstyles since 1. some of them looked quite bad on viera and 2. I was worried that, that was all we were gonna get. But seeing this list has actually given me hope that they ARE working on making viera more equal to the other races.

[Caro178]

I remember being quite annoyed with the release of those specific hairstyles since 1. some of them looked quite bad on viera and 2. I was worried that, that was all we were gonna get. But seeing this list has actually given me hope that they ARE working on making viera more equal to the other races.

Counting from the ffxivcollect list there are currently 29 unlockable hairstyles (not counting those announced yesterday) and after major 2 patch cycles Viera can already use 9 of them. In a similar vein there are maybe 5 or 6 more "base game" hairstyles I expect them to add from the Miqote/Hyur/Lalafell page (high pigtails, the two long wavy styles, the basic ponytail, etc.) With 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 still to come and if they follow a similar pattern throughout we should get 5 or 6 new styles per cycle. I don't think I'm even being overly optimistic to expect Viera will be 90% on par with the other races by 7.0. in terms of hair.

Headgear is another can of worms, of course.

[LuciaMirain]

Counting from the ffxivcollect list there are currently 29 unlockable hairstyles (not counting those announced yesterday) and after major 2 patch cycles Viera can already use 9 of them. In a similar vein there are maybe 5 or 6 more "base game" hairstyles I expect them to add from the Miqote/Hyur/Lalafell page (high pigtails, the two long wavy styles, the basic ponytail, etc.) With 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 still to come and if they follow a similar pattern throughout we should get 5 or 6 new styles per cycle. I don't think I'm even being overly optimistic to expect Viera will be 90% on par with the other races by 7.0. in terms of hair.

Headgear is another can of worms, of course.

I think we can forget about headgear until 7.0. At most they will keep adding more tiaras/facemasks and shrink whatever hat they can to fit on the front of the head. Doesnt mean we should stop asking for it, ofc.

[Caro178]

Personally I can live with never having full headgear compatibility (I understand not everyone feels the same way and I fully respect all the complaints). I was not okay with never having hairstyle compatibility but thankfully SE did listen and while not every style is perfectly adapted to the race I don't even think every base game hairstyle is perfectly adapted to the races that have no restrictions either. There's a lot to be resolved everywhere. The customization in general is a mixed bag but different strokes for different folks. The game is always evolving and it is really hard to please everyone. Two things I really want to see for 7.0 that have nothing to do with Viera are all 4 face styles of Hroth having access to all racial hairstyles and horns no longer being locked to face shape on Au'ra.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Personally I can live with never having full headgear compatibility .

Its never going to happen unless...
1)) They remake ALL of the headgear and put in Double the work for future gear to feature variants to fit Hrothgar Heads and factor Viera Ears
2)) They say ***k It, and let the bad Clipping run rampant.

In some cases #2 could work, but otherwise I dont picture some gear looking good with clipping and no quality control. But gear featured on a few people Signatures like the Redmage Hat would look fine.
And seriously, if i could have my way, id say not to stress about the old gear...but in return, make some unique Race gear to make up for it. Like the Hrothgar should have claws, theres no reason why they dont. But to make up for it they made some racial gloves that give you claws.
Id love it if they could make some new helms and other types of hats and headgear for the Viera & Hrothgar the same way they did that.

[HollowedDoll]

Its never going to happen unless...
1)) They remake ALL of the headgear and put in Double the work for future gear to feature variants to fit Hrothgar Heads and factor Viera Ears

False.

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