Could highlanders and elezen get a revamp? Show support!

[Iscah]

I would love to see some general new options with each expansion, and maybe remove the options that don’t really matter (like jawline or nose is really really not that noticeable….)

I think you're underestimating how much the nose and jawline matter. They can make a big difference to how the faces look. Some models vary a lot more noticably than others, but overall it would be quite a loss to character diversity.

they just need bigger heads, that's it. female elezen look fine to me but they would also look way better with a bigger head. but it's far more noticeable on male elezen because they have such broad and flat shoulders that it emphasizes their tiny pea head.

I really disagree on them needing bigger heads. It's nowhere near as bad as the "pea head" you're describing - the neck maybe makes it look odd, but their shoulders-to-head ratio isn't really that different to other races. They're just a lot taller than humans but with the same head size.

Elezen aren't human. Why should they use human dimorphism?

I think the word you're looking for is "proportions". Dimorphism is "two forms", usually talking about gender differences like the drastic difference in Au Ra height and build.

[Neoyoshi]

Midlanders could be taller? I mean i love big ladies, but dang.

[myahele]

I just want Highlanders to have a toggle-able eyebrow option like there is in that 1 "old" male Miqo'te face and male Au Ra

[Imora]

Yeah lack of eyebrows is kinda creepy. Reminds me of that dumb kid in class that shaved them off for giggles.

[BiddyBatnana]

The Female Highlander lips are so borked, the normal map doesn't work properly and their face design is just horrible.

[Vahlnir]

Yeah lack of eyebrows is kinda creepy. Reminds me of that dumb kid in class that shaved them off for giggles.

With the right skin tone and hair color it can be masked pretty well if you paint them on. The down side is there's no room for other face paints.

[ASkellington]

The only problem I have with elezen are specifically their shoulders since it seems like because of them (or their small head) it makes them extremely difficult to glam. Especially male elezen.

I am perfectly happy with the long neck, and "awkward" proportions otherwise.

[DarkMasamune]

I actually think elezens are lovely. The only issue I have is the running animation, same goes with highlander to be honest.

[Merrnryn]

Overall I like Elezen animations, The necks got longer? I have pictures of my Elezen from 1.0 and his neck isn't nearly as long as it is now, nor was the horrible break in it there.

I would like to see some updated things on us or in the least reverted? I have always enjoyed the proportions other than smaller heads. (again something that seemed larger on my 1.0 Elezen...)

Fix our necks and give us slightly bigger heads and more face options.

[Wind-Krysvein]

honestly everything after 1.0 (male miqo'te, female roegadyn, aura, viera, hrothgar) have just straight up better animations, proportions, and scaling. compare the run animations of male miqote to male hyur or highlander, and they'll feel so stiff in comparison. they're just so springy and have so much life and personality behind them

I think a lot of this stems from the change in leadership and vision. The vision for the original FFXIV 1.0 was to make a game that was a lot more down-to-earth and "realistic" (low-fantasy, if you will) than the high-fantasy theme park it eventually became under the observation of Yoshi-P. The Elezens' run cycle may look weird now, post 1.0, when compared to the other races' animations, but I'd imagine it's very close to how such a long but slender person would "realistically" run. It's more of a jog than a run, purely due to aerodynamics.

A fun thing to do is to look at some of the more realistic(ish) armor and weapon designs of ARR, which were recycled from 1.0) and compare them with what came after. Or better yet, search Youtube for FFXIV 1.0 battle animations. The amount of animation frames, crisp and overall weight that were present in those is insane.

That's not to say what we have now is worse, of course. It's more of a question of personal preference than it is of objective superiority.