Shared hairstyles, new hairstyles and changing them

[Darvin]

It's clear that this game needs a lot more hairstyles. Maybe in this moment they have lot of work to do in some other more relevant aspects of the game, but this is an improvement they had to do in the near future.

[Sanne]

It's clear that this game needs a lot more hairstyles. Maybe in this moment they have lot of work to do in some other more relevant aspects of the game, but this is an improvement they had to do in the near future.

This, and I wonder how much the PS3 will limit us...

We get a PS4 for obvious reasons....
Also why don't we see more mmorpgs on consoles?

[Nakiamiie]

We understand that by adding more elements it would open up character creation even more and give rise to more possibilities. However, by adding more elements the character data packets would also increase and there is a possibility that it would greatly affect network traffic.

Keeping in mind that this game will be global, we would like to look into this very carefully, since there will be users from all over the world accessing the game.

With all of that said, we are not turning away any requests for elements you all would like, so by all means please send us your feedback.

I don't reall understand how that would happen, greater packet thingy.　I mean, doesn't it only send stuff related to the character (omitting the other options)? From what I understand, it seems like it's sending the whole stuff even the irrelevant character options, no?
Ah well, it's not like we'll get a mechanic explanation.

But! In our defence, internet connections are supposed to improve in the coming years, not retrograde. ^^
Does that mean, at worst, we could see more options slowly coming in through the years and becoming available at the barber shot or as rewards? ^o^

[Radacci]

It's clear that this game needs a lot more hairstyles. Maybe in this moment they have lot of work to do in some other more relevant aspects of the game, but this is an improvement they had to do in the near future.

how is it clear? we don't even know how many hairstyles there will be. It will be many times more than before anyways, with cross-race hairstyles; and we don't know how many more besides that they will add. But already it's 5x more than before basically.

[Yrusama]

You are asking the dev team the impossible if you want 10 times the amount of hairstyles. Yes the JP want more. I want more, but we will not get more if it will come at the cost of game speed and performance come launch. And launch is the point where the servers will be facing a lot of traffic and new users on both pc and ps3. All the hairstyles in the world will not make up for a laggy experience where the game can only load a small piece of the mmo throng.

Are we still talking about launch at this point? I think some of us have accepted that they likely won't ADD much by launch, mostly fix anything malfunctioning in Beta. I could see additional hair styles 6 months to a year after launch.

Stupid looking powdered wigs for everyone!

Wig: worn on the head to simulate hair. How about a stupid-looking powdered wig for a seasonal event? It would totally be a Lalafell thing, since Ul'dah has the pompous aristocracy.

[faris]

You'll get over it quickly and probably end up swapping hairstyles xD.

I won't. They (especially Miq on Hyur) look awful.

[Loggos]

About the race-restricted hair styles:
I don't know if this is really a good idea because most hair styles are sort of basic hair styles that can be found in many cultures. To tie your hair back into a pony tail is rather practical I think so why should e.g. hyuran with long hair tie it together (when working) while mi'qotes don't? Or braid it or split it into two braids etc.
Besides since there is so much interaction and the local culture seems to have a bigger impact than the racial one (besides some exceptions as the naming) I think it would be sort of logical if there was some kind of visual exchange. Next to "common hair styles", if a lalafell sees a new hairstyle he/she likes a lot and feels like wearing it then it would be a "limitation of his/her self-expression" if he/she can't. I know, I'm talking about a gaming character but lore-wise/characterwise I wouldn't consider it too logical another way.
Dreads are not considered typically western, yet I know a lot of caucasians who wear dreads because it represents their own lifestyle that they have found for themlselves. Their own "culture" so to speak.

An idea that might be a balance is to have different hand-created hairstyle shapes "filled" or interpreted with a race's typical hair structure. For example roegadyns seem to have really wild and stubborn hair so a high/low ponytale on them would look different than the ponytale of a lala with silk hair.


Tl, dr: Rather than differentiating between races by man-made hairstyles give them the chance to wear the hair styles they want but differ between them by hair structures (that are genetic), e.g. very stubborn and wild hair on roegadyns that will make shared hairstyles still look different.

[Thebard]

how is it clear? we don't even know how many hairstyles there will be. It will be many times more than before anyways, with cross-race hairstyles; and we don't know how many more besides that they will add. But already it's 5x more than before basically.

You are bald so you probably don't care. :P
Its pretty clear at this stage that SE has done little to add to character creation when they resort to giving us hairstyles from other race that have not been adjusted and look rediculous. Its clear because whenever this subject comes up we get spurious excuses and vagueness from SE. It is clear that most modern MMO's have a character creation system that leave FFXIV in the stoneage.
I think its laughable that they spend 2 years remaking the game and then expect people to have to wait until a future date for cc to be upgraded to offer the basic level of customisation found in other games.

[PSxpert2011]

mALE CHARACTER'S with long hair to and pony tails. I would love a magic mirror in my private crib to change the way I look! ^^

[Radnar]

We understand that by adding more elements it would open up character creation even more and give rise to more possibilities. However, by adding more elements the character data packets would also increase and there is a possibility that it would greatly affect network traffic.

Keeping in mind that this game will be global, we would like to look into this very carefully, since there will be users from all over the world accessing the game.

With all of that said, we are not turning away any requests for elements you all would like, so by all means please send us your feedback.

I would like to request that the dev team please consider a second, darker and more defined, Mithra-style nose option for Miqo'te characters that is not bound to a single face style. The current one is available for only one face and is hardly noticable.