Yoshida Addressing “Butt/Hip Sliders” and The Solution To Them:

[Nandrolone]

Yoshida:

”Though we received a lot of comments about wanting a hip slider...well, it wasn't easy to just implement one so we tried a workaround by doing so using equipments.”

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This was what was translated during the 14 hour live stream thing supposedly. So, this seems to be him confirming that Butt sliders/Hip sliders will most likely not be in the game ever. However, it seems like they are open to implementing items that give your character the appearance of a larger rear.

I want to say a huge thank you to the development team for being open to implementing “larger butt” glamours such as the NieR 2B bottoms since a butt slider isn’t possible it seems.

My suggestion would be: implement alternative versions of current glamour with more realistic rears. For example, the Summer Tanga bottoms should have a “flat version” and a “big version.”

[Vahlnir]

The 2b set has certainly opened the door to making this sort of thing possible. I think the overall reception has been positive, so maybe we'll see more workarounds in the future.

[TwiibieTwuu]

I say replace all underwear type clothing (anything that's a pantie) with the 2b booty. No booty in armour makes sense.

[Theodric]

It's a shame they're so dismissive when it comes to suggestions related to the male character models. Even for something as minor as additional facial hair options.

[Tlamila]

I'd honestly like if they made non-underwear clothes like that. I'll never make my character go around in underwear but I'd love trousers with a more normal butt.

[QT_Melon]

Yoshida:

”Though we received a lot of comments about wanting a hip slider...well, it wasn't easy to just implement one so we tried a workaround by doing so using equipments.”

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This was what was translated during the 14 hour live stream thing supposedly. So, this seems to be him confirming that Butt sliders/Hip sliders will most likely not be in the game ever. However, it seems like they are open to implementing items that give your character the appearance of a larger rear.

I want to say a huge thank you to the development team for being open to implementing “larger butt” glamours such as the NieR 2B bottoms since a butt slider isn’t possible it seems.

My suggestion would be: implement alternative versions of current glamour with more realistic rears. For example, the Summer Tanga bottoms should have a “flat version” and a “big version.”

Makes sense honestly, I get the reasoning it was done in the first place.

I don't know if your current suggestion is feasible unless they limit the amount of gear to rework. While it's apparent they have more abundance of staff likely to work on certain visual models, it's not so much of a "hey make this bigger" but the shape to decide on as well. You also have the texture maps to consider as well. Did you know that the reason we don't have high texture packs is because a lot of the outfits were low res to begin with - so upscaling is a little more tricky (though we now have Machine Learning for upscaling - can it upscale what was low rez to begin with?)

I do think it's fine in the future if they give more options on gear and undergarments and please include the males since the 2B tights did nothing for the guys lol. I think men deserve their fair share of body mods as well.

[TwiibieTwuu]

2B booty with Tantalus breeches!

[MikkoAkure]

It's a shame they're so dismissive when it comes to suggestions related to the male character models. Even for something as minor as additional facial hair options.

Facial hair would involve changing the code on how the server recognizes a character. This is modeling an equipment slot. Not the same.

[Nedkel]

" well, it wasn't easy to just implement one "

This argument blows me away.
It was not easy, but it was not possible either, not everything in the life has to be EASY to DO.

They have millions of people playing this game and millions upon millions of dollars of income which (they already shown with FFXV) they could just burn away and they dont even bother to work with their own engine effectively to cater to the needs of this community.
Other mmorpg companies would kill to have such large income and loyal fanbase, a game producer should have know it better, times are changing, games are developing and they are sitting with the same stuff over the years unchanged.

[QT_Melon]

This argument blows me away.
It was not easy, but it was not possible either.

They have millions of people playing this game and they dont even bother to work with their own engine effectively to cater to the needs of this community.
Other mmorpg companies would kill to have such large income and loyal fanbase, a game producer should have know it better, times are changing, games are developing and they are sitting with the same stuff over the years unchanged.

This engine is actually hitting its age honestly. If anything I'd like them to ditch it for a newer one and stop worrying about in house engines. I don't think that's gonna happen soon as we had seen so many tech demos. Their modified Luminous engine was very practical considering the disasters they had to deal with in the past. However I think it would be better to move on to a new property in a few years or "start fresh" with a newer system since I can understand the headaches in trying to fix an older one.

That said, I do think this game has at least 2-3 xpacs in it for the future. Technology wise, it will be interesting to see if it can keep up with trends since we're already seeing shorter life cycles for game consoles (for example).