Quote Originally Posted by QT_Melon View Post
No they're just a boring cut and paste body type of Galka 1.0 instead of at least trying to make them more interesting and change the body types by clan. Ronso have different builds that's my point.

I mean you can paint Will Smith Blue and CG in Genie features but it has to be a convincing translation, and that was my point about the Ronso they aren't.
With the exception of Au Ra, ALL of the races in FFXIV are interpretations of races from other games. Hrothgar aren't Ronso any more than Roegadyn are Galka. They are inspired by Ronso, sure, and with the right customization options can look very similar to Ronso, but bottom line, they are their own race.

Viera being so very similar to FFXII's Viera (even keeping the same name!) is the EXCEPTION, not the norm, and very likely the decision to make them exact copies was due to perceived fan demand. They had a lot more flexibility with the Hrothgar, because they were less likely to cause an uproar with every little change they made to the original Ronso design. (There was an uproar, sure, but it's not about how non-Ronso-y the Hrothgar are...)