POC representation

[Jengo_Gonar]

I don't really consider it is needed to ask for skin color variety, it is already diverse. If they don't look like, you know, like someone from Africa... Consider that Africa doesn't exist in Eorzea... I don't know MAYBE in the future a hidden culture that looks like your want to see might reveal themselves, like The Viera and Hrothgar.

[Erit]

The game is pretty diverse though I will say I was a little disappointed with the viera on the 1st being so pale I was hoping they would have had Fran's skin tone.

Feol Viera are, ironically, the minority in their home setting of Ivalice.

Outside of all the people who really have no say about what diversity is or isn't (you know who you are).

Holy shit I actually found one of you in the wild.

[thegreatonemal]

I don't really consider it is needed to ask for skin color variety, it is already diverse. If they don't look like, you know, like someone from Africa... Consider that Africa doesn't exist in Eorzea... I don't know MAYBE in the future a hidden culture that looks like your want to see might reveal themselves, like The Viera and Hrothgar.

The whole "its a fantasy game excuse is tired and old." Real life is the basis for fantasy and the stories they tell. There is a normal human like race in the game why is it you have an issue for people asking for some hair options so they better represent more people?

Outside of the trolly nature of the OP. Why can't they add a few more options.

[Theodric]

There's already a number of hair options that could be considered to be 'diverse'. Many of which have been there right from the launch of ARR.

Come to think of it, though, I don't recall ever seeing any player characters making use of them. Which suggests to me that the demand might not actually be all that great after all.

[Erit]

There's already a number of hair options that could be considered to be 'diverse'. Many of which have been there right from the launch of ARR.

Come to think of it, though, I don't recall ever seeing any player characters making use of them. Which suggests to me that the demand might not actually be all that great after all.

A vocal minority, if you'll excuse the pun. Vocal minorities can be worth listening to, perspective and all that, but other times...

[Joven]

The whole "its a fantasy game excuse is tired and old." Real life is the basis for fantasy and the stories they tell. There is a normal human like race in the game why is it you have an issue for people asking for some hair options so they better represent more people?

Outside of the trolly nature of the OP. Why can't they add a few more options.

Real life is only the basis for fantasy so people can have better context to associate certain things in the story. It's easier to undertand a fictional planet if you say it has "Earth-like properties", meaning there's blue skies, green foliage, etc. This doesn't mean it has to be an exact 1:1. Just because a story has a human-like race doesn't mean that particular race has to incompass the entire spectrum of our reality's humans. It just means their appearance is humanoid.

[RTX3080]

Anybody else noticed the lack of characters of color in both advertising and the main story? Not that I’m SUPER bothered by it, but it would be nice to see more POC out there playing some important roles instead of just being background characters. Hopefully we’ll see more diverse representation in later patches/story lines.

Runar is black

[reivaxe]

These forums are a damn joke.

Even if OP is some troll shit, I can't understand arguing AGAINST more options like curly hair. I personally couldn't give less of a care about how SE markets this Japanese made game, I care only about what options they give players to express themselves and those options are clearly lacking for people who want curly hair styles. Part of that is because of the curse of that damn hair contest that will be over soon.

There's already a number of hair options that could be considered to be 'diverse'. Many of which have been there right from the launch of ARR.

Come to think of it, though, I don't recall ever seeing any player characters making use of them. Which suggests to me that the demand might not actually be all that great after all.

What "diverse" hair styles are you seeing?
Me? I see the shit locs that are gender locked to females for w/e reason, the borderline offensive 70s fro with massive sideburns even on females annnnd a couple of other styles that are either gender/ clan/ race locked (like the okish looking Middie female Afro Mohawk that isn't one of the shared hairstyles with Highlanders for w/e reason. I almost converted to middie for it but I love my thighlander too much to change for legit 1 not great hair style) or not good looking cause, like most things, the devs have improved a ton at making hair since ARR.

If people don't use old hair styles it's prob cause, ya know, they don't think they look good ... not because they're against that type of hair. I legit have an afro right now ... I've had it for 5 years now. I'd NEVER use the one in game cause it looks like a poorly textured joke to me personally.

[NanaWiloh]

[RubixCube]

Notice how all the Scions are all Caucasian looking with light colored hair despite being of different fantasy races. This is probably what the Original Poster means.

They’ve been doing this since the beginning of Final Fantasy. Despite blonde hair being among least common globally, the main heroes will usually be blonde Caucasian.

Exactly. I can see a lot of ruffled feathers in this thread over the OP’s question, but there’s no denying that this game is very pale. Even the viera npcs have light skin.