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[Shioban]

Why did they change the models at all? Seems to me that if the models were already usable, why devote resources to changing them at all?

To make the creation process easier, as explained previously by the developers
(possibly to lower the polygon count too)

Love the topic idea but, I'd be lying if I said I weren't beside myself with worry for the OP..(ninja bans)

They haven't broken any of the terms of service, there's no worry to be had here.

Is it just me or most people interest in this play with a female character, especially cat-girls?

Arguable.

Sadly I think our butt battle is a lost cause here. These JP developers just can't appreciate a round backside. They like their girls with the curvature of a book.

I recommend checking out Wildstar this summer. The butts in that game are not only round, you can even make them epic in size.

They never said "We don't like the booty", it was simply done to expedite the creative process which it did.



However a remedy is possible and would require time, quite a bit of it actually.
A skin-weight mesh deformer would require a fair bit of time investment to create/test and adjust per-race.

Seeing as it's not worth it's time currently they're not going to bother.

Strangely enough this is an easy task for interns, I don't know why Square Enix don't utilise this (most companies do) in taking on interns to take on side-projects such as these (unless they do this already for other things).




So it's not a complete lost cause, but it's just not worth its weight compared to the other things they could be doing right now.

If there's one thing I loathe in videogames, it's super exaggerated anatomy, like gigantic boobs on females and gigantic arm muscles on men. One of the reasons I like XIV's visual style is because they keep the anatomy to a decent level. I really wish males had a little bit more definition of their private area. I'm not talking about 'woa check out the package!', just a hint of this actually being a male, not a female. -.-

From a "quick efficient design" perspective, what they've done is great.
From an aesthetic point of view, the anatomy is amazing in FFXIV.

But the butt (hehe) really does ruin it. I can't think of anyone with a buttocks that flat.

The reasoning behind the male package, I have no idea except for the VERY low poly design on almost all gear for that particular area, have a quick look again and you'll see the gear only sports a few polygons to that particular area, not leaving much room to "expand" it much.