New things from German interview with yoshida

[SturmChurro]

I don't know about that, but I do think maybe they should just apply all hairstyles to all accounts rather than having to unlock them and add new hairstyles directly to the character creator/editor. Then give a free fantasia every major patch as people who want to change more often than every major patch would still buy them.

A free fantasia? Not in our dimension. That'd cut into the profits. probably.

Just like "fixing" viera hrothgar would cut into the profits. Right now, short term, they have a race that they seem to not even bother to work on. So they are now after two years having meetings on how they could balance a hairstyle release for viera along with everything else? Viera sure are very flashy when they get released during an expac. I wonder why female hrothgar was left out?

You say that with sarcasm, but I honestly wouldn't be fussed.

And I'm pretty sure they didn't sit down and scheme to force Hrothgar to pay for Fantasias. They had a character design in mind; producing that design required repurposing the hairstyle selection for fur patterns. Presumably they thought people wouldn't mind that.

Yeah, you'd think that. But did you see the first question and answer in this thread? Perhaps.. it was quite intended to release a couple limited races? "Viera unique" styles means the playerbase can get a new flashy race, and they don't ever have to fit any hairs or hats to them. One less model to work with. They'll get hairs, sure. Maybe a couple in half a decade.