the problem with male miqote.

[LeeraSorlan]

they are all so ugly and generic looking...when i see a male miqote...i want it to scream pride...and be sexy to look at...but in the screenshots provided...this is NOT what i see




see how terrible and ugly they are? buuuuut..when you have something like THIS fabio lookalike...its amazing, sexy and breathes manliness...please make miqotes more sexy

[MaethusXion]

So wait... you're NOT complaining about the hands? Personally my only other issue with the Mancats are those designs around the eyes...

[Alukah]

So wait... you're NOT complaining about the hands? Personally my only other issue with the Mancats are those designs around the eyes...

Hands, wide open legs like if they met a group of "friends" in a dark alley, that ridiculous /sit, inability to remove those stupid marks under the eyes, there's something about the jaw/lower face that makes it seem like they're always slightly looking down or facing down... why can't they be sexy like fem miqo'tes.

[Autumnfire]

that ridiculous /sit, ...why can't they be sexy like fem miqo'tes.

I happen to love that /sit and am sad that the females can't do it too. It looks predatorial and I love it. I think male miqote are plenty sexy in their own right. I like manly highlanders too, but I love them both for what they offer. start mixing traits too much and they'll each lose what makes their aesthetic special.

[SpookyGhost]

Personally my only other issue with the Mancats are those designs around the eyes...

Came here to post this. If it wasn't for those lines, they'd look a lot better.

[Lucke]

Came here to post this. If it wasn't for those lines, they'd look a lot better.

Yup. I much prefer the female marks than the males. At least the females can pick a face without marks if they wanted.

[Shioban]

When all the other face choices are down right terrible, no wonder.

You can have baby face, baby face, baby face or "I took an iron to the face, face".

I think this game's character customisation is poor and problematic. Very few options and most of them are badly designed or boring. I hope SE reconsiders on this matter and release a real face and body customisation patch. And not just 1 new bad looking hairstyle but a pack of serious and numerous options including faces, eyes, noses, mouths, bodies etc. Sucks to have 2.5 million players who look like the attack of the clones.

The reason for having so few options is to cut-down on packets.

The less character data, the less packet information is required to be transmitted.

"Head 1"
"Nose 2"
"Mouth 4"

Is easier to send than percentages for;

5 mouth factors
4 nose factors
7 eye area factprs
(etc)



What are packets?

The packets of information being sent You > Server > You.

The more information you cram into these the longer it takes to transmit the packet.

Cutting down on the amount of information required in these helps reduce latency, so the more finite character details will simply bloat it un-nessecarily.


Packets contain your;

Name, Gear, FC Details, Current Titles, Character Apperance Details, Position, Cast-Bar, HP/TP/MP, Actions&Traits etc.

[Magis]

The less character data, the less packet i
Is easier to send than percentages for;

5 mouth factors
4 nose factors
7 eye area factprs
(etc)



What are packets?

The packets of information being sent You > Server > You.

The more information you cram into these the longer it takes to transmit the packet.

Cutting down on the amount of information required in these helps reduce latency, so the more finite character details will simply bloat it un-nessecarily.

Uhh, adding more noses and faces wouldn't do anything to packet size. Those variables already take a byte at least (unless SE is doing bitshifting and purposely shrinking their cap) giving a Max of 256 options. This is a dev time issue.

Also a lot of that data is probably cached and isn't updated like appearance data.

[Shioban]

Uhh, adding more noses and faces wouldn't do anything to packet size.. Those variables already take a byte at least (unless SE is doing bitshifting and purposely shrinking their cap) giving a Max of 256 options. This is a dev time issue.

Also a lot of that data is probably cached and isn't updated like appearance data.

I'm just regurgitating what they said about intricate character customization, they were never against adding 1-2 new options, they were against adding in intricate character adjustments. Perhaps they lied, but the last time this came up they said that they wanted to keep the packet data as low as possible and complex character appearance was one of the concerns.



I'd completely agree that it conflicts more with their adamant stance on a certain level of quality and rigidity on the design of the game.
Give players too much freedom and they have a tendency to make things look too odd. FFXIV 1.23 was nice in that it had a very restrictive character creator depending on your race/clan.

We have a lot more customisation this time than we did in 1.23, it's not as expansive as other games, but they development team works differently.


Quality Vs. Quantity rings very strongly here

[Shioban]

Uhh, adding more noses and faces wouldn't do anything to packet size. Those variables already take a byte at least (unless SE is doing bitshifting and purposely shrinking their cap)giving a Max of 256 options. This is a dev time issue.

Also a lot of that data is probably cached and isn't updated like appearance data.

Seems according to them, character data size really is a concern.

Q20: Can you add a lot more hairstyles, facial hair, and other types of face paints?

A20: When it comes to hairstyles, we have to make very fine adjustments to the graphics for portions that stick out of equipment and those that do not, and we do our best to release 1-3 hairstyles in each patch. We previously added new face paint in the past, but we didn’t really receive much feedback as to whether they were good or bad, so we’ve been allocating our resources to adding hairstyles. Finally, facial hair is connected to the amount of character date transmitted, so it’s difficult at the moment.

However, we are actually adding a fake moustache for the Starlight Celebration…
Ladies will also be able to wear this!

We’re also currently making an afro hairstyle.