lvl 97 fending/maiming armor. Miqo'te issues.

[Ayalu]

Lala of all things actually got to keep their ears on that armors helmet >.<

Yoshida plays a Lalafell so that might be a blessing for us small ones, but i wished all races get that.

[Glenfiddich]

Like Charr get in gw2 https://imgur.com/a/major-tail-changes-mMKRcYu

I honestly believe that GW2 has the higher skilled Developers and Programmers.

[Aco505]

Not showing tails or ears is simply the designers of the outfits not putting enough work. I've written about this before, should you be interested in supporting the thread.

Additionally, the way the ear compartments for miqo'te show in the headpieces does not correlate to where the ears are. The compartments are forward. This is just a consequence of them designing gear for hyur first and the rest of the races second. All they have to do is make the ear compartments go towards the back of the skull in this particular case.

Ideally, they should redesign the headpiece so that the circular parts from where the ears come from are further back on the helmet but I know this isn't happening.

[GrizzlyTank]

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...haracter-tails

"Working as intended"... For the love off.

No square it's not working as intended. Our tails are missing!

[Evermomo]

Bumping this to add that I hope the devs reconsider this. There isn't that much armor with this aesthetic in the game, and I don't want to have to give up my tail to use it. If it really can't be changed, I would be curious to hear the rationale. It's not like the Moonward set, where there's multiple layers of cloak and tunic in the way-- it's armor that's almost perfectly flush to the body, so there's no real clipping to avoid.

[GrizzlyTank]

Bumping this to add that I hope the devs reconsider this. There isn't that much armor with this aesthetic in the game, and I don't want to have to give up my tail to use it. If it really can't be changed, I would be curious to hear the rationale. It's not like the Moonward set, where there's multiple layers of cloak and tunic in the way-- it's armor that's almost perfectly flush to the body, so there's no real clipping to avoid.

Alternatively they could add a cosmetic version wearable by all jobs (including all the different eared helmets as different options, cat ears bunny ears, earless) with and without tails.

Heck all the vanguard sets should have been cosmetic.

[Isala]

I know it's been a while, but wasn't like the most popular race in the game actually Miqo? Like, of all the races to care about actually making gear function right on, wouldn't it be your most popular race? Jesus Christ, this dev team, man. They've cut so many corners on everything this expansion, that Dawntrail is just a sphere at this point. Even their graphical update wasn't done properly.

[E4EO]

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...haracter-tails

"Working as intended"... For the love off.

No square it's not working as intended. Our tails are missing!

"Forum Top: Working as Intended"

Holy moly wtf, you're taking away one of two main reasons for being a catgirl/boy and SE has the gall to say this is intended?????? It's such a cool armour piece too.

Y'know I think I'm going back to GW2 when my sub ends

[AlysCamoa]

Maybe if (JP) Miqo'te players complain loudly and often enough, CBU3 will actually be forced to properly model gear in this game instead of making the Hyur model and not even bothering to tick a single metadata option that allows for gear to be displayed on other races.
But they'll probably be able to dodge it this expansion since all the criticism is focused on the writing team instead of the modeling team.

[Evermomo]

Maybe if (JP) Miqo'te players complain loudly and often enough, CBU3 will actually be forced to properly model gear in this game instead of making the Hyur model and not even bothering to tick a single metadata option that allows for gear to be displayed on other races.
But they'll probably be able to dodge it this expansion since all the criticism is focused on the writing team instead of the modeling team.

It's so frustrating for exactly the reason you said-- this is one checkbox on the gear to show or hide tails, so it's not really a question of time, resources, or talent. It's a deliberate decision the devs made with this gearset, but I just don't agree with it. If they personally felt "It looks weird to have one unarmored part of the character" or something, then how come the helmet shows my Au Ra's horns?

Edit: And E4EO, I left GW2 after huge frustration with how unsatisfactory the writing was/management decisions that irritated me and swore I'd never go back. But I admit. I miss so much about that game's visual quality and design ethos. (Up until dawntrail, GW2 environments felt ten years ahead of FFXIV-- and when it comes to things like glam QoL, character customization, armor and hairstyles I feel that gap is still there.)