Character creation

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Instead of asking for the option to completely ignore what makes Elezen "Elezen", how about you come to terms with the fact that its not for you and stop trying to "Fix it".

"I'd like Elezen, if it wasn't for all of the things that make Elezen what they are." What a joke. Clearly you don't like Elezen. You just want to play a Tolkien-esque Elf. Which is to say, a human with pointy ears. But Elezen aren't human. And Like Roegadyns and Lalafells, we don't have human proportions. And that is perfectly alright. Not everything has to look like a cosplaying Hyur.

A lot of the justification for criticising Elezen seems to be from people playing popular races who say they might try an Elezen if Elezen were better. Why do we have to change to suit you? You already have a race you chose to play.

This. Play the race you already like, and stop trying to "fix" us.

One of your own even stated that there people tend to use certain styles as it balances some features. Would the option of slightly more narrow shoulders or the option to adjust head size take away what Elezen are?

Yes, it would. Because they wouldn't be Elezen anymore. That'd be like me saying "making Lalafell tall and thin wouldn't take away anything from them being Lalafells". Your changing the core fundamentals of the races design.

Ignoring the current census entirely since 'NOTE: THIS DATA IS FLAWED DUE TO THE LODESTONE HAVING DOWNTIME DURING THE SCAN. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN NOVEMBER.' but in the previous one, which is still not 100% accurate, Elezen still outnumber their Roegadyn equivalents. Yet people don't say that's because Roegadyn are ugly/disproportionate/not like Tolkein dwarves/whatever other excuse. It's just accepted as a thing; more FF players are likely to pick prettier characters than want to pick rugged ones. With Elezen, people seem to have this preconception about what they're supposed to be and constantly snipe at the designs for not living up to that. It happens often. It's tiresome.

Agreed. I'm also sick of the "Well not alot of people play them, so clearly somethings wrong with them!" shtick that people always fall back on, as if comparing us to Catgirls is at all fair. The census doesn't matter because at the end of the day who cares if we aren't the most popular race. That's why there are different races. If you don't like one, you have the choice to play a different one that fits you. Because at the end of the day, not everything has to fit everyone. Less homogenization please.