Can we get normal manly males ?

[Swimcito]

Whenever i play Human, i try to do it as much as possible to myself in real life with some more muscles ofc, i am a bit overweight but you can bet that if there are fliying dragons i would look ripe as hell... LOL..

If i play an alien race like Au-Ra, i can go for perfect version, as its "fiction"... however the attachment for me is always better when i go with humans.

[Ayuhra]

Came here expecting to sigh.

Saw example was Cid.

I support being able to play characters who look like Cid. More customization options on Highlanders would go a long way there. Let those poor men have eyebrows.

(let's not phrase this request as "normal manly males" though, come on, folks)

[Fukuro]

highlander with eyebrows and more handsome face options would be quite popular imo
we just need more customizability across all races, especially the ones in dire need of it (highlander eyebrows, hrothgar head/hair situation)

[Keramory]

One of the biggest frustrations with character creator was I always wanted to make a highlander but the faces were far too Neanderthal like for my taste. This forum definitely has a problem with nitpicking sometimes but I dont think it's insanely unreasonable to wish for a natural, healthy, realistic medium between mid and highlander.

[Swimcito]

One of the biggest frustrations with character creator was I always wanted to make a highlander but the faces were far too Neanderthal like for my taste. This forum definitely has a problem with nitpicking sometimes but I dont think it's insanely unreasonable to wish for a natural, healthy, realistic medium between mid and highlander.

Did you see the one in Instagram ?

That one looks fine!. I want something similar

[Goji1639]

There a plenty of manly looking races. The problem is that there's like maybe 4 hairstyles in this game that look like they were intended for men.

[Theodric]

It's possible to make a handsome and masculine looking Midlander. The main issue for me is that they're lacking in the height department.

Miqo'te have at least one very masculine looking face but again find themselves stuck in the lack of a height situation.

It's also possible to make a masculine looking Raen or Xaela. They have even more muscular arms than Highlander men. The main think I dislike about them is the shape of their hips.

Roegadyn and Hrothgar are too bulky for my liking. To the point of suffering from inhuman proportions.

Elezen would be the most popular race had they been designed to look along the same lines as WoW's Blood Elves, I reckon. As it stands they're far too slender for my liking.

Highlander men have a great physique but their facial features and lack of eyebrows leave a lot to be desired. If they could be designed to look more like Jecht, Gladio or Snow from the single player games they'd be perfect for my tastes.

All in all, as I see it pretty much every option on the table has a flaw that would best be solved through the expansion of additional customisation options. I don't think adding new playable races solves that problem, either - because Hrothgar added a niche option in the form of a beast race and viera men also ended up being designed in a way that didn't quite live up to how I envisioned a bunch of strong, isolated forest warriors.

As for facial hair, I'd like to see this added to the game as a customisation option:



I think it looks masculine and it compliments the strong jaw without obscuring it. I don't really think that big beards are necessarily 'masculine' because often they're just grown out to hide a character's weak jaw.

There a plenty of manly looking races. The problem is that there's like maybe 4 hairstyles in this game that look like they were intended for men.

That's another problem, alongside the unfortunate fact that the lead developer of the game appears to play a female lalafell as his chosen playable option. I don't know if he plays alts or not, but I hope he does so he can see things through a different perspective.

[Fukuro]

Highlander men have a great physique but their facial features and lack of eyebrows leave a lot to be desired. If they could be designed to look more like Jecht, Gladio or Snow from the single player games they'd be perfect for my tastes.

i‘d also throw sonon into the pit, gimme gimmeee!!

[van_arn]

The game has an abundance of cute or beautiful styles, but the rugged or masculine options are severely lacking.

This is true from races to hairstyles to glamour to character customization to housing.

Shadowbringers added a few masculine glamour options, but we need a lot more than what we have— especially the godawful additional hairstyles.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Unfortunately i don’t see it happening anytime soon. SE seems to have had a fashion apocalypse and decided to added mainly feminine and androgynous hairstyles this expansion and said screw the males. It’s bad enough a lot of glams are feminine but now the hairstyles are too and it’s just... why even bother lmao.