The Heavensward Site Has Been Updated!

[Shougun]

Yeah, it's a separate program. A benchmark is for testing a snippet of the game to see how well it runs on your system. The benchmark is to test DX11, which will release with Heavensward.

Oh Oh! And you can use the benchmark as a character creator with Au Ra as a possible race selection - with some customization limitations of course (not all options, likely).

[Rhaja]

Keydah, are you talking about the dark tones or the dark scales? As far as I made out of it the Au'ra are mainly going to be separate by the color of their scales, not skin. Granted I'm sure the Raen won't get a dark as the Xaela, but close enough that it shouldn't be an issue.

[Keydah]

Keydah, are you talking about the dark tones or the dark scales? As far as I made out of it the Au'ra are mainly going to be separate by the color of their scales, not skin. Granted I'm sure the Raen won't get a dark as the Xaela, but close enough that it shouldn't be an issue.

The sexy/dark & light/beautiful were in reference to the style (like how I'd dress them according to their appearance) - and by extension the scales - and not the skin. I know that the clans will have their own full ranges of skin/hair/eye/etc colors and whatnot. I just love the black scales of the Xaela as I go for the pale-skin-with-contrasting-black/purple look with my character, but the pale scales are so gorgeous on the pale Au Ra that I'm conflicted.

[Mugiawara]

The sexy/dark & light/beautiful were in reference to the style (like how I'd dress them according to their appearance) - and by extension the scales - and not the skin. I know that the clans will have their own full ranges of skin/hair/eye/etc colors and whatnot. I just love the black scales of the Xaela as I go for the pale-skin-with-contrasting-black/purple look with my character, but the pale scales are so gorgeous on the pale Au Ra that I'm conflicted.

I'm torn from it.
Because of my dark skin colour, I dunno which will look better.

Raen: Love the lore, I'm fine with the scales BUT it may look worse on my skin. [I don't really like a lot of scale in general. There is a lot lol]
Xae: Don't like the scales THAT much...and I don't care for the lore BUT the scales may make look better on my skin.
SEND HELP!
XD

[Vejjiegirl]

I'm torn from it.
Because of my dark skin colour, I dunno which will look better.

Raen: Love the lore, I'm fine with the scales BUT it may look worse on my skin. [I don't really like a lot of scale in general. There is a lot lol]
Xae: Don't like the scales THAT much...and I don't care for the lore BUT the scales may make look better on my skin.
SEND HELP!
XD

If you take a look at all the examples we have been given so far it seems Au Ra Scales will be pretty flexible in character creation. Here is a little something I put together to help me compare Skincolor, horncolor, and hornstyles based on the Au Ra screenshots we have been given so far:



From taking a look at those I noticed The Male Au Ra'Raen with Brown Horns and Brown skintones. I doubt Skincolor will be effected by gender so it might be possible to make a female Au Ra with brown horns and with a more tanned skintone even though the lore says they have white scales (It might just mean the scales are more saturated or light rather than pure white).

As far as horn style goes, it seems the Ogre Horns might be male only while the Bat Wing style might be female only
although there is a male Au Ra'Xaela with an almost Bat wing or Crescent moon hornstyle. Lets hope hornshape isn't effected by gender.


Also remember back to some of Yoshi-P's interviews about the Au Ra, especially these two:

How diverse are the creation possibilities for Au Ra?
Y: By combining different colors and horn styles as well as different eye types, you can create a female character that can resemble anywhere from a beautiful woman to a succubus.

It sounds like there's more of a range available than there is for other races - was that your plan?
Y: I told the art team to add more personality to the facial patterns on the Au Ra for both genders. For the original races, the patterns are pretty similar with small changes between them, but the Au Ra change that up.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...29-Translation

[Averax]

I'm torn from it.
Because of my dark skin colour, I dunno which will look better.

Raen: Love the lore, I'm fine with the scales BUT it may look worse on my skin. [I don't really like a lot of scale in general. There is a lot lol]
Xae: Don't like the scales THAT much...and I don't care for the lore BUT the scales may make look better on my skin.
SEND HELP!
XD

They said that the Au Ra would be super customizable. I'm assuming that the scale color of both is not going to be limited to snow white for Raen and Ink Blue for Xaela. Someone posted a pic of a brown scaled and dark skinned Raen, perhaps that's what you're looking for.

[JayCommon]

Every time I see new footage/pictures of Au'Ra and Dark Knight it just makes me want this to be out more and more.

I can't wait!!!!

Thanks for the post OP!

[Jacost]

Dark Knight confirmed for Batman.

[Fleur]

Glad to finally see the physiology and clan info for the Au Ra! Their horns seem really neat.

But what I really want to know is the full naming conventions. D: I plan to rename my character anyway, and it is bugging me not knowing if it will be to an Au Ra name or not. xD

Also, even though I have no intention of playing a tank, I must say that the Dark Knight lore is pretty awesome.

[Verdan]

I want more beard options for all races. This isn't in this preview and I am thus disappointed.