I think there is a lot of doom and gloom in these posts that have become inaccurate. Lots of helmets and hoods *are* usable on hrothgar and viera, and the missing miqo'te ears on the new Vanguard helmets were just an error (to be fixed) that exclusively affected female miqo'te, not even males. I strongly doubt they have given up, not shown up, or other such ideas.
There's work that is missing, but if they say they're going to fix it in the future, I believe them.