Please stop hiding miqo'te ears (and other races') from certain head gear

[Aco505]

Bumping due to a recent Reddit thread bringing attention to this issue happening again with the upcoming PvP gear.

[Themarvin]

make that tails as well, more options for tails or some kind of tail armor on gear of us races that has a Tail, which is Hrothgar, Miqo and Aura, and possible Viera as well.

[MsQi]

make that tails as well, more options for tails or some kind of tail armor on gear of us races that has a Tail, which is Hrothgar, Miqo and Aura, and possible Viera as well.

The one time (that I know of) that they put our tails in "armor" it was horrendous! I am referring to the Evenstar Coat. I would wear that thing if my tail were freed from the sausage casing. It's especially odd for AuRa since they have different tail shapes but they still get the sausage.

I'm not saying they shouldn't do it, but if they do, it needs to be done tastefully. It needs to be appropriate for the tail, and there should be a way to switch it on and off.

Respect my ears and my tail!

[Shinku_Tachi]

Gear from Stormblood onward that covers the entire head tends to fully hide the ears of miqo'te.

In the past, this wasn't the case most of the time, as headpieces would often have holes for the ears to stick out or ear socks for them to stick in that sprouted out of the specific piece.

Headpieces such as the Calfskin Rider's Cap or the Street Cap, for example, are perfect candidates to get holes so that the ears can stick out but right now they entirely hide the ears of miqo'te instead, thus making it the only race that loses part of their racial features with this. Of course, viera and hrothgar can't even use them but would probably have similar issues if they could.

This is not a problem exclusive to miqo'te, viera or hrothgar however as some headpieces will also hide elezen and lalafell ears due to their size.

With the graphical update coming and eventually affecting all gear pieces, I would ask the developer team to please revise all the head pieces that could be suitable for the addition of ear holes and socks for the aforementioned races and especially miqo'te, viera and hrothgar.

If some people prefer getting their ears hidden in these cases, they could always add a toggle option to satisfy everyone, as it seems that the gear is initially designed for hyur, a race without these traits, and then adapted to the rest.

However, this trend of hiding the ears should not continue, as it limits the options for these races by removing their racial traits.

Another recent trend in EW has been to hide tails from specific pieces of armor (link), which I find problematic as well because of the further removal of racial features.

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Are there headpieces that you would like to wear but don't because they hide the ears? Which examples of headgear would you like to have with ear socks or holes? Which ones would you like staying as they are?

I didn't even realize we had a thread dedicated this issue.

Agreed and upvote.

My Miqo'te ears and I support this request.

[Aco505]

I believe most head pieces from the new dungeon hide miqo'te ears except for the Scouting (and possibly Striking?) ones due to the fact that they are eyepatches.

[Jaltaer]

It's especially egregious now that the framework is in the game to toggle ears on headgear - but only for Viera.

[Aco505]

It's especially egregious now that the framework is in the game to toggle ears on headgear - but only for Viera.

Agreed, although I'd prefer if the developers cared a teeny tiny bit and kept implementing ear holes (or socks where applicable) because the current Viera implementation just outright has ears clip through, which is disappointing considering how long it took them.

If someone doesn't want ear holes or socks for miqo'te and other races, a toggle to hide them completely like what Viera got would then satisfy everyone.

[GrizzlyTank]

The one time (that I know of) that they put our tails in "armor" it was horrendous! I am referring to the Evenstar Coat. I would wear that thing if my tail were freed from the sausage casing. It's especially odd for AuRa since they have different tail shapes but they still get the sausage.

I'm not saying they shouldn't do it, but if they do, it needs to be done tastefully. It needs to be appropriate for the tail, and there should be a way to switch it on and off.

Respect my ears and my tail!

Like charr in GW2. Fantastic examples on tail armor.




Meanwhile in FFXIV random armors with garish capes or even armor with nothing, chops ours off.

[mallleable]

Please add a show ears toggle for miqo'te too!

[GrizzlyTank]

Please add a show ears toggle for miqo'te too!

Don't forget a tail toggle D: