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    Kaede Kawanami
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    What's the point?

    Hey guys, I've been wondering why some races get certain hairstyles first. What's the point? I know that the other races will get them when the next patch arrives but why do that in the first place?
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    I'm not sure either.
    At first I thought they were giving least popular races new hairstyles to make them more popular in the playerbase.
    But now that Miq'ote got an exclusive hairstyle(until a next update?) I don't know anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vejjiegirl View Post
    I'm not sure either.
    At first I thought they were giving least popular races new hairstyles to make them more popular in the playerbase.
    But now that Miq'ote got an exclusive hairstyle(until a next update?) I don't know anymore.
    I guess they're prioritizing other races first since they're more popular. If that's the case, what's preventing SE to just give the new hairstyles to all races? Time restrictions?
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    I cant wait for my taru to have long hair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tempting View Post
    I cant wait for my taru to have long hair.
    ...I must admit, pretty much the reason why I made this topic is because my Hyur can't have that long hair. So now I'll have to wait for a few months to get it. Which isn't that bad. After all, ever since FFXIV was released, I've been waiting for a sword-wielding DD (come on SE). It just begs the question as to why only certain races get the new hairstyles.
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    I guess to give each race that specific uniqueness for a certain period of time? Just thought of it just now. I always thought it may be difficulties with applying the same hairstyle to every race because of certain features(Miquote ears for example)
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    The reason is because the hairstyle has to be modeled to each race, they can't simply throw a Lala hairstyle unaltered onto a Roe's head, for example. Which means they basically have to create a new model for every race in order to make the hairstyle work for a given race. They don't have infinite time to spend on hair, so it gets rolled out slowly, which is fine.
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    Probably a way of promoting purchase of fantasia.
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