Where did the booty go…?

[AnduinLynn]

Were the butts destroyed in the calamity or something? Why is it that the lower cheeks are the same size as the upper pair? Petition for butt buffs in next patch.

[Alahra]

Were the butts destroyed in the calamity or something?

Basically, yes:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...50#post1377850

Hello,
Lead designer Takeo Suzuki here.

We understand that you all care deeply for the detail and shape of your characters, and while the development team is really happy about this, we would like to keep the specifications for character’s butts as they are.

I’d like to explain a bit about why we changed the shape of character model’s butts. It all began when Yoshi-P and the character team sat down and reconsidered what should be prioritized for players when we moved from 1.0 to A Realm Reborn.

• Based on this discussion it was decided to place emphasis on the below:
• New races (male Miqo’te, female Highlanders, and female Roegadyn.)
• Increase the amount of content and the amount of reward items (equipment and weapons)
  (We want to make a team that can create more than four times the amount of rewards compared to what there was originally.)

As a result of thinking about what could be done to fulfill the above objectives all while converting everything over and optimizing all the data by completely remaking the graphics engine, we decided to reduce the cost by simplifying items that were too complex when making them. One aspect of this was the graphical display of waist equipment.

I deeply apologize for those of you who were really partial to what Miqo’tes looked like in 1.0, but this decision was made so we could relaunch with new races and a lot of new equipment. We will be implementing a wide variety of really cool looking equipment moving forward, and we appreciate your understanding on this.

I would love to have the older models back or at least something approximating them. But I don't know if it's something we'll ever see.

[AnduinLynn]

Whyyy create so many amazing bathing suits yet leave out such an important aspect of what makes them look so gooodddddd……rip…..
Time to find a god-like modder to edit butt models amiright?

[Alahra]

Whyyy create so many amazing bathing suits yet leave out such an important aspect of what makes them look so gooodddddd……rip…..
Time to find a god-like modder to edit butt models amiright?

A lot of the bathing suits were reused 1.0 models. Some of the newer ones seem better shaped for the new waist areas (like the Southern Seas one), though they still aren't perfect. >.<

[Jynx]

Everyone people clamor for new races. We are asking the development team to limit themselves when creating new content.

If we had the game's stock races and mounts I bet customization would be through the roof compared to today.

[Ashkendor]

[Riardon]

Then they should stop creating new races for a period and deepen the customisation options for the current ones. I would like to see better shaped bodies, more faces, eyes, noses etc for all the current races. The character customisation is really poor. And since this is an MMORPG character customisation matters a lot. I would like to see something like that in future. I hope the dev team can listen to us.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V300FlcyVnc

[AnduinLynn]

Among butts; muscle definition for all male races (or female) would be nice as well.

[AnimaAnimus]