Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[Kedrah]

Slightly off-topic but not really:
They said that in 2.55 Yugiri would be upgraded to a full Au Ra model, but she's still an Au Ra head and tail on a Miqo'te body.
I wonder when she'll become a real Au Ra. Please think of the Yugiri.

[Nataruma]

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I don't know if I agree that the Roegadyn Sea Wolves would have developed webbed feet and hands if you're talking about the occasional drop into the ocean. Take humans, we evolved from land mammals, but we've been seafaring and swimming for fun ever since the dawn of our species, but we've seen no significant changes to hands and feet barring the occasional mutation (syndactyly). I would think that Roes would have had to have evolved from oceanic ancestry or spend more than half their lives IN actual water to start adapting to that environment in a physical sense, but you would probably see more endurance changes first than anything visual, like ability to hold their breath longer for example. But I'll say that I'm not familiar on their background, so I don't know if SE has established that they evolved from ocean creatures or if they evolved from land mammals like ourselves. Based on their appearance alone I would assume the latter.

[Cilia]

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Ehh, the Sea Wolf webbed hand thing is a tertiary argument. Let's not get distracted like we did with the whole "Raubahn not blacking out after his arm got cut off" thing, mmkay?

[Samcaesar]

Slightly off-topic but not really:
They said that in 2.55 Yugiri would be upgraded to a full Au Ra model, but she's still an Au Ra head and tail on a Miqo'te body.
I wonder when she'll become a real Au Ra. Please think of the Yugiri.

Is it really that noticeable? Maybe it's the pose or something, but I'm surprised you noticed the difference because I really didn't.

[Samcaesar]

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Yeah.. I'm quite aware that that's the case. Just really bummed out because I really like reptilian races and this will likely be our only shot at having one and it's just massively disappointing for me. Even if we do get another new race my hopes in it being something that I really are absolutely dashed. The real annoying part is just dealing with in game models and in game roleplaying for me, if I do end up making an Au Ra, I've decided that she's going to be incredibly tall and it's going to be so annoying attempting to roleplay and having to provide a reference and going "Oh yeah she's like.. 7' so none of that "Blank leans over to get eye to eye with the short woman" thing" every time OOC wise.

[Kedrah]

Is it really that noticeable? Maybe it's the pose or something, but I'm surprised you noticed the difference because I really didn't.

I spent a lot of time examining Yugiri because she's my favorite character, lol.
And I main a Miqo'te so I know what their form and animations look like. It's pretty obvious to me.

[Sabeta]

And I main a Miqo'te so I know what their form and animations look like. It's pretty obvious to me.

Are you blind, I'm pretty sure 80-90% of the posters in this thread are Cats; including the people you're commenting on.

[Kedrah]

What does that have to do with anything?
I'm just stating that's how I know what their model's skeletons look and behave like, since that person asked. o_o
It's not like I'm going "I KNOW THIS AND YOU DON'T HA HA!"

[lilirulu]

I don't recall SE ever saying Yugiri would be getting changed to an Au Ra model (or more proper; Au Ra animations) just that she'd be revealing her face in 2.55. Do you have a source?

[Kedrah]

I do not have a source, so I may very well be wrong, I just feel like I quite clearly remember that being said.
But it's not even important ╮(╯▽╰)╭