The lack of race-specific armour in this game has been slightly frustrating for me, because it more or less boils down to all armour being made for the standard Hyur then being stretched accordingly to fit the other races, some of which fare better than others depending on how similar their proportions are.

It seems like, "How much worse does my equipment look on my character compared to a Hyur/Miq'ote?". It's especially frustrating for an elezen for whom the only armour that ever really compliments their proportions is their starting armour.

It doesn't help racial distribution when the least offensive races in terms of animations/physique/posture also fit the armour best, lo' and behold what the overwhelming majority chose to play as.

tldr; Elezen QQ blog