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    Hairstyle Concerns for The New Races

    So I noticed potentially alarming things about hairstyles on both races in the ShB benchmark character creator for viera and hrothgar.

    Hrothgar:

    Hairstyles are tied to face types. Not only does this mean that there is very little choice, does this mean we would need to use a fantasia to change hair?

    I understand how hrothgar have a pretty different head shape so maybe some current hairstyles won't work...but did the given styles really need to be tied to face types?

    Viera:

    Hairstyles are not tied to face types and there is more choice than hrothgar, but still very little compared to the current races.

    Viera's head shape isn't much different to any existing races so I'm puzzled by the hair style limitations. The ears would get in the way for some of the current ones, but most would be fine.

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    In the cases of both races, does this mean extra hairstyles, such as those from potd or mog station outfits, will be unusable?

    We need clarification on all of this.

    EDIT: I'd be okay with all of this if the intention is to open up more hairstyles as time passes. Creating new races takes a lot of time. I get it. But if the intention is to leave everything as is then I'll be intensely disappointed.

    SECOND EDIT WITH UPDATE FROM SE:

    Since Hrothgar have hairstyles tied to their character creation options rather than being separately selectable, you will not be able to apply unlockable hairstyles, but they might implement more face types after 5.0. As for Viera, there's some legacy haristyles they'll able to eventually implement, but not all of them. Some of unlockable hairstyles should be supported, others may not be.
    There it is. Confirmation that we're getting limited races, especially in the case of hrothgar. This is so disheartening.
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    Last edited by Penthea; 06-13-2019 at 04:05 AM.