Character creation

[Serilda]

Why not both? keep Elezen we have now and add options to change their body type. Because I don't think Elezen would lose their flare their 'it' factor if they added a body type with more hips/stomach (or an option to narrow in the shoulders. But that's just me). If you wanna keep the original look, go for it. But considering how widely disliked they are, more features could improve that. Muchless this isn't only directed at Elezen.

What is being suggested for Elezen effectively amounts to 'let's add a cute version of Elezen but keep the ugly type so the freaks who think they look ok can continue to play them', and while this is certainly a lot better than the 'let's change all Elezen because they all look gross' threads which pop up now and again, it still means dividing the people who play Elezen and pressuring those who like the current type to conform to narrow aesthetic sensibilities or look even more out of place. I think we look cool as we are.

Also, I don't think it's fair to single out Elezen (I know you're trying to avoid that now, but it's already been done) just because they aren't popular picks and this always happens, even though we had a boost in popularity after HW when they got some decent representation in the story - still waiting for Duskwights to be game-relevant one day, S-E. Sure, it's logical to infer that the reason they aren't popular is because they are ugly to a certain slice of the playerbase, but not every race is ever going to be as popular as cute dragon girls or cat girls. Do they all have to be equivalently popular? Many people only play the game in the first place because they have an option that meets their tastes. We already have options for playing characters who are cuter or beefier or smaller...

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.