Going from cat to hyur!

[Niwashi]

Well, I'm rather partial to cat-boys in general and yours looks good, but I like your Hyur look, too (certainly more manly looking than my Midlander).

I kinda agree that haircut is odd on a Highlander.

I think it suits it quite well. The somewhat unkempt style adds to the rugged look of the character.

-1 for not becoming a lala

I tried a lala alt for a while. Really cute until I unlocked Archer and she squealed with every arrow she fired. That sure got old fast.

[Makase]

Huh didnt expect this many replies, cant really reply to everyone sooo ima just speak my mind. I am very easily swayed, but at the same time I can see what everyones saying about playing what you like, I do like my cat, but I also like to look I dunno, more rugged? cant find a word. Still in character creator messing with it. Also no offense to lalafells but I tried one.....I can hardly see my character.....I zoom out a lot to see the entire battlefield so that might be why lol.

EDIT: on a side not who wouldn't wanna be a highlander after seeing this guy? http://i.imgur.com/paVrmmv.png

[Makase]

So fooled around with the editor a bit more heres the results

[Everdark]

So fooled around with the editor a bit more heres the results
[so many images lol]

I like the second one. The grey hair makes him look like a seasoned veteran

[Makase]

I like the second one. The grey hair makes him look like a seasoned veteran

I know right? its actually my favorite, its like "badass old dude"

[Mihana]

You're going to find responses greatly differ so I'd still recommend going with whatever you want to play as the most. Compare the following:

Idle, Movement, and Emote Animations
Voice Options
Hair Options
Tail vs No Tail
Appearance

Consider this is going to be a character you'll play as for a very long time. Playing as long as you have as a Miqo'te you should know their traits pretty well, so the question is going through the Highlander's appearances what do you think? Is it something you could see yourself playing as? Alternatively don't forget that while Fantasia is limited at the time being it will be readily available for sale later on. So if you have more than one already just use it, make yourself into a Highlander and play that way for awhile. If you feel this is something you can enjoy then stay as one. If not, use another Fantasia to revert back.

[Makase]

Compare the following:
Idle, Movement, and Emote Animations
Voice Options
Hair Options
Tail vs No Tail
Appearance
Consider this is going to be a character you'll play as for a very long time. Playing as long as you have as a Miqo'te you should know their traits pretty well, so the question is going through the Highlander's appearances what do you think? Is it something you could see yourself playing as? Alternatively don't forget that while Fantasia is limited at the time being it will be readily available for sale later on. So if you have more than one already just use it, make yourself into a Highlander and play that way for awhile. If you feel this is something you can enjoy then stay as one. If not, use another Fantasia to revert back.

hm very true, I like everything but the voice options, ive made like 10+ characters with different voices and they all just sound..bad

[Eardstapa]

Do not be afraid to become the pure embodiment of manliness... It's worth it.

[SDaemon]

+1 for not being a smelly cat anymore

-1 for not becoming a lala

Went from miqote to lalafell for awhile, but didn't like it really so I went back to miqote. Something about tiny people wielding giants swords and axes just looks far to weird....

[Yamimarik]

I was recently in the same predicament as you sort of... I made a thread about which one I should stick with when it came to my Hyur or Elezen (though I had been playing both since launch.), but the best advice I got in my thread, and certainly better advice then I could come up with was this:

It really comes down to you and what you think best portrays you and/or the character you want to play. Pretend you're auditioning actors to play you in your own show. If those two turned up, how do you think they would act and how do you think they would portray you? Which would you identify with the most? All other things being equal, there's more to looks than just looks. Appearance says a lot about one's own personal character and how we choose to represent ourselves. We also feel differently about playing through different characters (I have alts of different races and genders and they're all unique experiences to play, not because the NPC's react differently to you, just something more subtle than that which is hard to explain...).

In a game like this, where physical changes are limited after the fact, you also have to be confident that this is a character that you'll be comfortable with after an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year, however long you plan to keep him around (hopefully many years, you'd be missed otherwise). It's not a light decision to make and not really a decision others can make for you...

I hope this advice can help you the same way it helped me ^.^