Beards, BIG BEARDS.. Please.

[Andrieux]

The best bet I have for satisfying my beardly ways and desires is a crazy Santa'esque glamour item. Can we PLEASE(!?) add wicked-awesome beards to the crazy haircut dude? Of all the things I enjoy in life, one, greatly, is having a strong and thick beard. This would complete my image in-game. How has this not yet been a focus?

[Adamantini]

Yes, please

[van_arn]

Absolutely yes.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Its not a focus because there are more important things to worry about.

But yes, more facial options would be pretty neat for male avatars

[Andrieux]

Out of all the focal points in the game, appearance is huge. A beard is a grand extension of one's being.

[Alien_Gamer]

When most people request beards its for the stubble variety which Yoshi has addressed before. In short there are some technical challenges in making stubble look good on all the different facial types; they'd almost have to do a beard for each facial type and they don't really have the back end space for all of that.

I'd imagine the database space limitations they're working under would apply to big beards as well but it would probably be easier to do a "one size fits all" beard with a big beard.

But I suspect this is way down on their priority list; its been an oft requested feature since HW and the devs know of it yet nothing has happened.

[Senn]

Sure, more customization options are good.

[wereotter]

When most people request beards its for the stubble variety which Yoshi has addressed before. In short there are some technical challenges in making stubble look good on all the different facial types; they'd almost have to do a beard for each facial type and they don't really have the back end space for all of that.

I'd imagine the database space limitations they're working under would apply to big beards as well but it would probably be easier to do a "one size fits all" beard with a big beard.

But I suspect this is way down on their priority list; its been an oft requested feature since HW and the devs know of it yet nothing has happened.

Considering there's a "helmet" that's just a big beard... I call foul that they couldn't implement it.

[ItMe]

As a proud owner of a large beard I'd love it if my in game character could get in on the fun too ~

[Iscah]

Considering there's a "helmet" that's just a big beard... I call foul that they couldn't implement it.

Implementing it so it attaches to the character's face and moves with their facial expressions is going to be a very different business to sticking a static "fake beard" to the front of the face.

I think that's why it only gets implemented as a face setting option (unique to the individual build) and not even attached to hairstyles.


(Ten gil on "implementing the stubbled WoL from the trailer" involving giving us that specific male Midlander face as a player option, not giving it to every model.)