Viera headgear compatibility and the new raid items

[valeerie]

Hi there.

I don't quite understand why this long after the viera release, new hats that get released still do not work. (The 5.4 raid top hats for example)
I understand that meshing 4 different ear type to each headgear is time consuming, but why not just pick one model and make it standard, like how elezen ears show up in armor all the same.

Is it too much work? Why not just make the ears come out downward from the sides of the hats, or literally just let them clip through?

I know this is a common topic of discussion, and that vieras selling point is ears, but I am making this post for some answers as well as in hopes that it reminds the dev team that a lot of players are wanting/waiting for these changes.

Thank you

[silverdragontyr]

Old headgear makes sense. However new headgear should be made with the new races in mind. The fact they are not is a little disappointing.

[Dragonexx]

Shame. I really want a hat like this.

[Vahlnir]

Honestly, nothing at all is better than small helmets on large bodies. That's what Hrothgar have to deal with. It looks comical at best. But...yeah, I agree. There's 0 reason for either race to go without newer wearable headgear. Maybe they should stop adding stickers to Gpose and focus on what really matters.

[glitteringcosmos]

Honestly, nothing at all is better than small helmets on large bodies. That's what Hrothgar have to deal with. It looks comical at best. But...yeah, I agree. There's 0 reason for either race to go without newer wearable headgear. Maybe they should stop adding stickers to Gpose and focus on what really matters.

Say it louder for those in the back.

[ThatGuySaysHi]

SE is a small indie dev company, please understand that they can't do what modders do in a week.

[Vahlnir]

SE is a small indie dev company, please understand that they can't do what modders do in a week.

I know it's a meme, but every patch I wonder just a little more if it's actually true.

[MariaArvana]

SE is a small indie dev company, please understand that they can't do what modders do in a week.

To be fair, modders aren't limited by budgets, a director that can straight out veto your idea if they feel its not in the spirit of the design of FF14 or has different ideas they want to focus on, having to also make literally hundreds if not thousands of 3D models at the same time within a 3-4 month development window, have to actually program the item into the item database, etc.

The vast majority of a modder's work is basically already done for them compared to one of the 3D modeler's on the dev team's is. They can easily focus solely on a single thing and rush it out with no restrictions; its pretty disingenuous to compare them.

[GrumbleBeard]

I feel like a lot of it comes from the ear options for viera. When designing hats for cats, they know exactly where the ears will be and how big. Viera could probably still get away with something similar but the floppy ear option could make that tough. Regardless, I'd be happy to see them actually put effort into it like they used to. I thought things like ear/tail holes and tail armor were cool.

[StriderShinryu]

I feel like a lot of it comes from the ear options for viera. When designing hats for cats, they know exactly where the ears will be and how big. Viera could probably still get away with something similar but the floppy ear option could make that tough. Regardless, I'd be happy to see them actually put effort into it like they used to. I thought things like ear/tail holes and tail armor were cool.

I don't play a Viera or Hroth but I'll agree that this is getting pretty silly. At the very least, and I know this wouldn't please everyone, but they could just make a default ear style/colour for each Viera hat/helm and bake it into the hat itself. They already do this for some hair styles/colours anyway. That way at least you could have a hat with ears showing even if the ears didn't completely match your characters chosen style/colour (or opt for no helm shown if you don't like the style/colour they've chosen, which wouldn't be any worse than we have it now).