Hairstyle Concerns for The New Races

[SturmChurro]

I honestly think that this makes me want that they only chose 1 single race even more, since if they did chances are they would have as much customization as the others, and while it's easy to make a female viera stand out its super hard to make a male hrot that stands out, so I wish SE only did 1 but to its fullest potential and with both genders. Guess we will have to see if they decide to add new hairstyles and the missing genders, lets hope so I guess

Which race do you think they should have focused on?

[zeylos]

Which race do you think they should have focused on?

regardless. I think viera are super cool and fit the game's asthetic a lot better than hrotgar, but this game can greatly use of a bestial race and it adds more overall. I'd be fine with either

[SturmChurro]

regardless. I think viera are super cool and fit the game's asthetic a lot better than hrotgar, but this game can greatly use of a bestial race and it adds more overall. I'd be fine with either

Yeah, I don't think SE is equipped to handle something as complex as the Hrothgar. They should have just given us Male viera alongside female viera. At least we would have hairstyles, and some lithe abs to look at.

[zeylos]

Yeah, I don't think SE is equipped to handle something as complex as the Hrothgar. They should have just given us Male viera alongside female viera. At least we would have hairstyles, and some lithe abs to look at.

I'm honestly kinda sad because of how male hrotgar were made. They could have given them things such as 4-legs running animations or fairstyles that look like manes. I think that charr is a very very good example of a beast race and SE sadly wasn't able to hit that point with the race imo. I hope the female hrotgar will be made better I guess, and that males get more options

[xxvaynxx]

I'm actually curious if viera can use lighting hair and noctis and other hair you have to buy

[Cilia]

Much more concerned with the Hrothgar than the Viera.

Viera, at least, can change hairstyles without changing their face. All might not be available on the Benchmark, but there's no reason to believe they won't have every hairstyle available at launch (if not shortly™ thereafter).

Hrothgar, on the other hand... yeah, pretty miffed hairstyle is tied to their face. That's one of the biggest customization options, and if a good deal of headgear isn't available for them at launch (if ever) they're going to get samefaced pretty quickly.

Holding off on the doomsaying, but this is not a good portent.

[Allegor]

Given the fact they're working against the clock I wouldn't hold it against them if they keep working on hairstyle issues for a later date, as was the case for helmets and glasses, but I'd say at the very least Mog Station/Event hairstyles should be prioritized over the normal ones, since people actually paid for those.

[Reinha]

After mulling over the different customization options, I've come to the conclusion that I prefer being able to change the pattern and colors of fur to being able to change hair styles and colors. The former offers a lot more variety. Ideally we should be able to do both independent of the selected face but it's very likely going to be one or the other because of memory limitations. It's amazing how much you can do with fur options and I hope we can have them available at the aesthetician since they replace hair customization for Hrothgar.

I had some fun with my current favorite character trying out how many styles I can wear by changing only the fur, tattoos and face paint.

Here's the original panther design:


Tiger, snow leopard, black lion and cheetah styles seem nice.


Less realistic styles can look pretty amazing as well. The right one is "snowflake obsidian" by MelodyCrystel. Really beautiful! I'll probably wear the blood runes on the left when leveling DRK for that extra edge.

[VirusOnline]

After mulling over the different customization options, I've come to the conclusion that I prefer being able to change the pattern and colors of fur to being able to change hair styles and colors. The former offers a lot more variety. Ideally we should be able to do both independent of the selected face but it's very likely going to be one or the other because of memory limitations. It's amazing how much you can do with fur options and I hope we can have them available at the aesthetician since they replace hair customization for Hrothgar.

My issue with this is that wearing armour will cover up fur patterns/colours, so what is the point of all that customization if its hidden ?

IDK, but I do find that from a game design PoV it makes absolutely no sense to release a race that demands players pay $10s to change their hair style when playing. Nor does it make sense to take away all the rewards and monetary hair styles people have earned when they play either of the new races. We're kinda very much in unprecedented territory here ... sure, the aesthetician doesn't currently allow XYZ but he also doesn't currently have a "fur" tab and this is the first time hair has been the only difference in some "face options".

As it stands both are showing a severe lack of hair options compared to the last race benchmark and if you are to assume there's more to the story for one it should be assumed that the other has more to be discovered as well. Even more so when the other would require a $10 potion to change styles if nothing with the aesthetician changes.

From a game design perspective, and from perspective on the existing characters and their current state of customizations, it indeed makes zero sense and could possibly be a killer for Hrothgar when a player is given so much more customizability concerning the other races. I want to say the benchmark is what we get, on the other hand this sort of logic of perpetually spending $10 is illogical and of ill design.

[Reinha]

My issue with this is that wearing armour will cover up fur patterns/colours, so what is the point of all that customization if its hidden ?

The same could be said about hair and helmets though. I understand that the players who want to enjoy the fur choices without being in various stages of undress will be out of luck.