Any new hairstyles next week?

[Ghastly]

This is the best hair style they've ever added in my opinion, I just can't wait until tuesday

[Lukha]

Not really a style I'd use, it's way too short for my tastes. Personally I hate clipping, but I also want longer hairstyles; those things don't have to be mutually exclusive, though. Other games make it work with updos and high ponytails designed to stick out just enough not to clash with most collars. You can do some really interesting things with braids, which people have been asking for for years anyway, and I'd love to see some elaborate styles involving hairpins and combs, which would be appropriate to the theme of the expansion.

Also modders are something far different that what is going on here.

You're absolutely right: they're amateurs doing quickly and for free things which the devs, who are (supposedly) professionals and have a budget to work with take months or years to accomplish or just handwave away as impossible because of PS3/PS4/server limitations. It doesn't get more different than that; SE should really think about hiring some of them, it seems like they could use the help.

[ErryK]

Stormblood's "bigger budget"

That was never confirmed as being true.

[Riardon]

Many people are... modders are making things with far better style and at a far quicker pace than SE ever has.

Ever since mods came out SE's silly excuses were nulled.
The fact that individuals can create HD textures and different hairstyles/armour designs and stuff without having proper access to the game's engine and a whole company like SE don't want to improve some things is the proof that they are just calling out silly excuses to avoid any extra effort on improving the game.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

That was never confirmed as being true.

Thus the quotation marks. Though if I'm being perfectly honest, almost feels like we got budget cuts instead of increase.

You're absolutely right: they're amateurs doing quickly and for free things which the devs, who are (supposedly) professionals and have a budget to work with take months or years to accomplish or just handwave away as impossible because of PS3/PS4/server limitations. It doesn't get more different than that; SE should really think about hiring some of them, it seems like they could use the help.

Ever since mods came out SE's silly excuses were nulled.
The fact that individuals can create HD textures and different hairstyles/armour designs and stuff without having proper access to the game's engine and a whole company like SE don't want to improve some things is the proof that they are just calling out silly excuses to avoid any extra effort on improving the game.

You both answered better than I could.

[Linx0r]

I hope they’re adding something interesting. I love seeing the new hairstyles so it’s been disappointing that nothing’s been said yet about what we’re getting.

I wish they would have announced a few more, but maybe more to come in the official patch notes?

The one that they added is ok but I’m not sure why some of the styles are still gender locked. Anyone can technically have any style that they choose so why lock them? It would give players access to more styles this way

[SonKevin]

Anyone can technically have any style that they choose so why lock them?

To make certain hairstyles special.

[Linx0r]

To make certain hairstyles special.

....but....why? Lol it’s HAIR

[Mahrze]

As much as I want to ride the witch hunt wave, so long as we keep "voting with our wallets" and the strong mentality of "the grass is always greener on the other side" this is what we'll keep on getting.

"HD" textures were already addressed on an interview and iirc Yoshi said no, and the reason we don't get more vanity stuff is likely that they still have the same amount of people, working on everything at the same time to yield the same results. He's already addressed multiple requests to fix what is broken from the past implementations as: "We'd rather focus on bringing better stuff in the future" as a way to "better use our resources". Just 'let sleeping dogs lie".

[xxvaynxx]

The more I think about it, we might only get one hairstyle this patch, looking back at 4.2. They actually did show both hairstyles. One on the patch site, the other in a trailer and later in a blog I think.
Kinda a shame.

I do think we need to go back to gender locking hair.
One for male and one for female. I'm kinda tired of all these tomboyish hairs for females and every blue moon get a feminine one to which now the male players don't like.