Quote Originally Posted by reivaxe View Post
They gave us official art, and people still want to cover their ears and close their eyes when you bring it up.
I hope they won't make them too humanoid, that would destroy the female beast race fantasy or curse us with "Cats" the movie in FFXIV. Which is a big NOPE from me!
And I appreciate the worry about the hairs and hats concern, but honestly. If they make females look so human as in if you put them side by side with a male they wouldn't even look like they are from the same species... Then I don't even want to play them. What's the point in a beast race if they would be a joke like the Cats the movie, the Miquo'te 2.0 or just Mithra from FFXI?
I don't want to sacrifice the snout! Especially since every 3D modeller knows the true issue with Hrothgar is not their head, but the neck! The neckbone has to account for the neck, head, ears, hair, hats and earrings and place all of them on the rig making them look natural! The fact that Hrothgar has a slouch (or bends over all the time) makes everything as hard as it is! The muzzle is an extension of the face with its own rig, it doesn't affect the body rig
We already have so many human races with X body parts from Y animal added. Hrothgar breaks the mould, and is the only unique race in this game! And I want to keep it that way, it would not be fair for us women to yet again have a cool race stripped of its features and made look like sexy human lady nr.69420. In a lot of games that offer a beast race, I felt like I have to play as a male character to enjoy my race fantasy. The only game that I think did it right was 4Story with their beast race (both male and female looked the same in the head and only the body was altered to fit).
Would my request make Female Hrothgar just as limited as the Male? Yes! But it was the same thing with the Male Viera, they had the same limits as the Females and you didn't see the devs just getting the Midlander model and putting bunny ears in the same place as Miquo'tes. They actually went and made a great model for the males that, when put side by side with a female, look like they are from the same species!
So why can't we? Why must the beast race be another human waifu instead of a cool big lion lady? Why must WE be the ones who lose on racial elements like snouts, and for what? People who want to play as a Beast do so for the "Beast" factor, if you take that away, they will be taller and buffer Miquo'te. Which for the people who play beast races, that is the exact opposite. And what do you have then? An ugly uncanny valley female Hrothgar that no one wants to play as. All for the sake of waifufying everything. And the fear of no hats/hairstyles, a problem that can be resolved in 1 month by a few freelancers, since all they would have to do is to create a Hrothgar variant of them.
Sorry for going on a rant... this is not aimed toward you, just this idea that we have to give up on something cool for a minor inconvenience.