Suggestion: More body type variety for male Midlanders

[Astronis]

For clarity, here is a visual comparison.
The current male Midlander body appears bulky even in minimal gear, while the same character only achieves a more elegant silhouette when constrained by very specific glamours.
A 2nd slimmer body type option would allow elegant glamours to look natural, not forced.



And yes, I know that a body type similar to Omega-M wouldn’t look truly “natural” in reality.
But FFXIV is a fantasy game, and we all want our characters to look good in different glamours and overall, don’t we? :3

I don't see what you're seeing, it looks to me like the Omega-M bodysuit on your Midlander IS the current Midlander body with a bit of flair around the neck and shoulders. It's just a skin-tight catsuit. Obviously, putting something that is not skin-tight on a body will...not look skin-tight.

So...it's just that there's something about the Omega-M suit that tricks your eye into thinking the model is thinner. It's not. It's the same model.

And I agree with others, Midlander males are already pretty damned thin for men. Any thinner (and a bit ganglier) they'd look like barely pubescent teenagers. I've always assumed this is because, as a rule, Japanese men are smaller and thinner than European and African men so I'm just not used to it (Highlander men look more like what a normal, adult man should look like to me).

[GomJabbar]

Highlander men look more like what a normal, adult man should look like to me

As an adult man... I wish! Personally, I'd say they're not "normal" or average, but fairly idealized. If that's what you and your friends look like, and that is "normal" to you - congrats

[Astronis]

As an adult man... I wish! Personally, I'd say they're not "normal" or average, but fairly idealized. If that's what you and your friends look like, and that is "normal" to you - congrats

Haha, well, yeah, definitely idealized (all of the FFXIV races are, and I am glad of it!!), but most men I know are pretty tall and muscular, square-jawed and heavy-browed in an everyday blue-collar/military sort of way, so yeah, between the two, Highlanders are closer to what I'm used to seeing in my day-to-day life.

[CCheshire]

I mean we'll all trapped in like what seems to be idealized 20-30 y.o. eternally youthful bodies for our WoL too, like all Midlander bodies are shared between them except for Lalas, Hroths, and Roes. Also, I always felt like Highlanders are v buff for an avg person, so not sure where the idea they are like avg-sized since more people are way more normal than looking like bodybuilders unless they're a fitness influencer too.

Typically, I'm OK ignoring this since video games are not real life, but the only time I think is surreal is asking to make the races all thinner, like any thinner they'd be transparent in my mind.