Safety Dance

[Joven]

So I was running the MSQ with my male roe alt when I got to the mission where I had to dance for the sylphs of Little Solace and I gotta say, the default dance is just, bad. Like really bad. It's just bouncing from one foot to the other. It's not just male roes either. My main is a male hyur midlander and all I get is feet shuffling. How can you even call that a dance?

We get so many other expressive and flamboyant dances through various means throughout the game, so why is our default dance so terrible?

I doubt there will ever be a change, but one can hope.

[Iscah]

Male Elezen /dance is also awful. They're not even trying.

[Joven]

Male Elezen /dance is also awful. They're not even trying.

I have a male elezen too, but haven't tried the dance yet. Is it only the males that get shafted with the dances? I think it's female au ra that have a fairly expressive dance, though it's been a while so I'm not sure.

[Rymm]

Can't speak for all females, but femroes got shafted pretty hard, too. I know it's subjective, but imho the stupid little prance they do seems way off for the race. Ironically, it's my go-to emote if I want a "I'm a prissy little princess" screenshot, though I always have to change the facial expression because.... /shiver

Exhibit A (not the emote's default expression)

[Joven]

Can't speak for all females, but femroes got shafted pretty hard, too. I know it's subjective, but imho the stupid little prance they do seems way off for the race. Ironically, it's my go-to emote if I want a "I'm a prissy little princess" screenshot, though I always have to change the facial expression because.... /shiver

Exhibit A (not the emote's default expression)

Maybe they were worried that femroe's weren't "girly" enough for their waifu simulator.

[Roda]

Yeah Female miqo'te get a pretty trash dance as well with a limp wrist and four whole twirlies.
Like it's such an unemotive emote that a screenshot of it wouldn't even suggest that you were moving, let alone dancing.

(such a spirited dance!)
(my character totally doesn'tlook bored)

[Joven]

Yeah Female miqo'te get a pretty trash dance as well with a limp wrist and four whole twirlies.
Like it's such an unemotive emote that a screenshot of it wouldn't even suggest that you were moving, let alone dancing.

(such a spirited dance!)
(my character totally doesn'tlook bored)

At least there's actual body movement and not just shuffling feet.

[Iscah]

I have a male elezen too, but haven't tried the dance yet. Is it only the males that get shafted with the dances? I think it's female au ra that have a fairly expressive dance, though it's been a while so I'm not sure.

I think it varies, though males are generally worse. It might come down to the motion capture actors and what they could think of doing when told to "do a dance" rather than something choreographed...

From memory, male Au Ra is also a bad dancer (but with a bit more effort) and male Miqo'te is decent.

Can't speak for all females, but femroes got shafted pretty hard, too. I know it's subjective, but imho the stupid little prance they do seems way off for the race.

Female Roegadyn emotes have always seemed like an odd mixed bag to me. Mostly tough but then that very demure bow and the cutesy dance. Though I don't know if the average person would do much else if put on the spot.

[Joven]

I think it varies, though males are generally worse. It might come down to the motion capture actors and what they could think of doing when told to "do a dance" rather than something choreographed...

I didn't know they used mo-cap for the animations, though I figured if put on the spot most people would do something similar to the Manderville.

[Iscah]

I didn't know they used mo-cap for the animations, though I figured if put on the spot most people would do something similar to the Manderville.

I assume it's motion-captured anyway. Some things are and I remember seeing them listed somewhere in the credits, but I don't know how much work they do.

It would make more sense than someone actively deciding to animate those awkward dances, anyway.