Female Hrothgar as a playable race. Show your support!

[SnowVix]

Finished leveling Picto, took the appropriate celebratory shot

[CidHeiral]

Finished MSQ and gave Hrothgals a try as of a few days ago. Overall I'd say the devs did a great job, but they definitely have a few issues.

PROS:
- They look really cool. It's like that Maho artist's art brought to life. Very pleased with how they turned out visually.

- They have great animations. Their run loop is one of the best in the game IMO and their emotes strike a nice balance between cool/feral and some that are a little sillier without being straight up goofy.

- The slouch is enough to say "I'm a beast race" without overdoing it, which was the deal breaker for me with male Hrothgar.

- Generally look good in most glams that don't have the rigging issue (see below).

NEUTRAL:
- The /sit and idle poses aren't anything to write home about.

CONS:
- Zero hairstyles beyond the very few default ones and the derplander man bun, which are reduced even further by being locked to different faces.

- IMO the voice selection leaves a lot to be desired. For a beast race I would have expected more voice options in a lower register but they're almost all fairly high pitched. I usually go with a deeper smoky voice but that just wasn't an option so I went with the voice I disliked the least. It's grown on me a bit since then but every time I've tried another race there's always been a voice where I was like "perfect" and that wasn't the case with Hrothgal.

- There are some very strange issues going on with their gear rigging, especially in the upper arm area. Some glams look fine and some are EXTREMELY WIDE in the arms. It makes a lot of gear look ridiculous.

- No hats, but this doesn't bother me much since I rarely use hats to begin with.


Overall I think they turned out great and I applaud the devs for delivering what most people interested in them wanted to see all these years. I'm undecided if I'm sticking with it permanently but I absolutely will be splitting my time between hrothgal and highlander at the very least. If the devs can address the weird gear issue and the hairstyles that may sway things as well.

[Halfheart]

- No hats, but this doesn't bother me much since I rarely use hats to begin with.

They can wear a surprising number of hats and helmets, way more than I expected. Some are even normal sized vs the Viera "mini hat" situation. It's far from all and could be better, but many more than I found while trying Viera.

The *serious* lack of hairstyles and the ginormous arm/shoulder problem are my main complaints but overall, I love them.

[CidHeiral]

They can wear a surprising number of hats and helmets, way more than I expected. Some are even normal sized vs the Viera "mini hat" situation. It's far from all and could be better, but many more than I found while trying Viera.

Oh really? Nice. None of the ones I tried worked but like I said I barely have any hats to begin with lol.

[Selvokaz]

i think we are supporting you guys, im just not changing my look though, I like my Au Ra.

[faiarrow]

Thank goodness I've only seen one or two of these new furry abominations (even AFTER giving us a "free" Fantasia NO-ONE is making female Hroths... and for good reason). After having suffered through the HORRIBLE Dawntrail msq, I never want to see another one of the grotesque asf creatures again.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out sweetheart!

[angienessyo]

Thank goodness I've only seen one or two of these new furry abominations (even AFTER giving us a "free" Fantasia NO-ONE is making female Hroths... and for good reason). After having suffered through the HORRIBLE Dawntrail msq, I never want to see another one of the grotesque asf creatures again.

And by the way... I will never NEVER play through DT again. It was so bad as to be insulting. The entire team owes the player base an apology.

I hope your future is filled with plenty of female hrothgars.

[E4EO]

It's crazy just how much better female Hrothgar look then male. Males look like bargain bin Charr from Guild Wars, with the janky run, lanky posture, and strange proportions, they feel cheap. I have zero qualms with those who play them, I just don't like the race itself at all, they should've made them closer to male Ronso in proportions imo.

Meanwhile, while not as beastly as male Hrothgar or female Charr, females they definitely hold their own, good run, faces, proportions, though some of the attire looks way too bulky, and the lack of helms is still a huge bummer.

I'm super tempted to use the free Fantasia to swap to one, I already made one I like, though I'd have to spend money on two name changes and another Fantasia when I inevitably swap back to a dude.

[Pip_Chick]

I hope your future is filled with plenty of female hrothgars.

I would rather not subject any of our precious queens to this troll tbh.

You gals over here are absolutely stunning!

[juicybug]

I genuinely want them to have MORE hairstyles for one, and none locked to their faces.
It seems liek 10 steps back for them to have 3 hairstyles per face, and stolen mel gibsons 1994 mullet