Please make the in-game Au Ra (Males) more muscular, reflective of the Artwork

[Fleur]

Having seen the Au Ra character creation, the males are even bigger than I had thought they'd be! I really don't understand how they could be considered frail or small -- they are like seven feet tall and probably around twice the mass of the average Miqo'te or Midlander male.

I can understand people not liking their shape though. They have relatively small waists and an almost "hourglass" silhouette that will likely be quite pronounced in robes and similar gear. And I admit, I saw their default standing position and thought of a ballet position. ^^;

Hmm, I suppose I'd like it if I could swap Miqo'te male and Au Ra male sizes. xD Male Miqo'te are really buff and well proportioned but they are so tiny, while the male Au Ra have a more androgynous shape but they are gigantic.

[Chibilidawg]

Having seen the Au Ra character creation, the males are even bigger than I had thought they'd be! I really don't understand how they could be considered frail or small -- they are like seven feet tall and probably around twice the mass of the average Miqo'te or Midlander male.

I can understand people not liking their shape though. They have relatively small waists and an almost "hourglass" silhouette that will likely be quite pronounced in robes and similar gear. And I admit, I saw their default standing position and thought of a ballet position...

Their tight, corset-wearing in appearance, teensy hourglass body makes them look utterly awful in all the Benchmark armors...

Really wish there was an option for muscle gains which also widened the pewny center.

[Terin]

Yeah, they're EXTREMELY tall, which I suppose makes them *technically* big, but they look incredibly thin, particularly when you see then without any more, such as the final armor-set (swimsuit or something?).

I'm certainly not knocking the quality of the work, and it actually probably makes sense for the Raen. And you know, I'd still mark the Au Ra as my new favorite race, anyways. I just feel like, by giving them a wider, more muscular torso, it would make for a more unique character. To be honest, I think it's the female Au Ra who could benefit the most from giving Xaela a unique model.

In fact... the more I think on it, the more I *LOVE* the idea of the Xaela culture revolving around their female warriors as leaders. It would give them a totally unique vibe (well, some Miqo'te clans seem to have female warriors, but it's still always a male who is in charge).

[BreathlessTao]

I actually like that "almost-hourglass" figure. ^^ Maybe that's just because it's something unique, idk. But they look good like that, as far as I'm concerned.

That said - yeah, the game definitely could do with a few different body models in general, but that's like... been an issue since before launch. \:

[Kuwaitum]

I also agree, the concept art showed a bulky and more manly built. When the actual ingame characters were displyed I was dissapointed and thought the same thing (Elezen with horns, scales and tails).

After messing around with the creator benchmark I can say they have a fitness physique, yet not as I was seeing as in the initial concept art. For some reason there is no regular looking males in game; Miqo'tes are prettyboys/bishounen, Hyurs are either wrestler-looking or plain zombie streight-face, Roes well its hard to tell, and as for Elezen they look ugly imo (except Sir Aymeric).

[Terin]

Like I said, I'm still hoping they might consider at least touching the Xaela up a little bit, giving them a little more muscle-mass in their torso region.

[Hunky]

had to check out the differences for myself so i took these screenshots. theyre similar but aura still come across as more muscular than elezen. auras have bigger quads, broader shoulders, and slimmer waists. gives em a nice vshape. elezen tho have narrower shoulders and their waists give em a more trunk kinda shape

lore in the benchmark says auras come from a dawn father and a dusk mother. the dusk mother is probably shiva. lady iceheart is a duskwight and shiva took her body over at one point so i'm guessing shiva was a duskwight too. thats probably where dusk mother comes from

so that would make aura half dragon/half elezen? would explain why they share a lot of characteristics with elezen but got scales and physical strength from dragons.

[Nestama]

Their final design is based on demons. They are not dragons and they are not related to Shiva (Auri pre-date Shiva, if the wind-up Odin is up to date on the lore department).

[myahele]

wow, seeing the side by side like that I can barely tell the difference in physiology between the 2.

[Hunky]

Their final design is based on demons. They are not dragons and they are not related to Shiva (Auri pre-date Shiva, if the wind-up Odin is up to date on the lore department).

ahh that would explain why some of the horn designs look more demonic than dragon-like. i figured they were dragon-related because of all the dragon talk i had read before and plus the whole dusk mother thing and ishgard and the big focus on the dragon wars with the heavensward expansion coming up. demonic origins are cool too tho and i still like their designs