New 7.1 hairstyle looks nothing like the winning hairstyle from the 2023 contest

[_stardust_]

The hair looks better the way square made it rather than that concept art picture, I think twitter tourists are overblowing this issue out of proportions.

Ack, very cringe there

Moving on - I do appreciate that ffxiv put a lot of thought and effort into the darker skin tones during the graphic update, and I was hopeful that representation would be much better going forward. It's upsetting to see this hair go in looking like they got caught out in a rainstorm instead of how adorable it is in the art. The explanation on poly restrictions seems like a token gesture to place the blame on tech instead of finding creative solutions to problems. Do better.

[Jokiro]

It's upsetting to see this hair go in looking like they got caught out in a rainstorm instead of how adorable it is in the art. The explanation on poly restrictions seems like a token gesture to place the blame on tech instead of finding creative solutions to problems. Do better.

I was actually talking about this with friends of mine. The hairstyle just looks like my hair during humid weather. In a vacuum, I actually quite like it, but as a final product meant to represent an art piece created to bring further diversity in hair styles and address the very noticeable issue with texturism in the game, it's really bad. They need to do better, not just shrug and move on.

[_stardust_]

I was actually talking about this with friends of mine. The hairstyle just looks like my hair during humid weather. In a vacuum, I actually quite like it, but as a final product meant to represent an art piece created to bring further diversity in hair styles and address the very noticeable issue with texturism in the game, it's really bad. They need to do better, not just shrug and move on.

Someone on this thread likened it to being stuck under the veggie mister in the grocery store for an hour lol

I agree, on it's own I appreciate having the variety even if it's yet another super short hair. It seems like it could be a decent fit for tural style characters or poc with a more wavy texture -- but as a take on the artists work and with expectations already set, it's abyssal and embarrassing for square. GW 2 has so many great hairs to represent poc, I can't believe it's so beyond ffxiv's true capabilities.