Neck slider when?

[Nethereal]

So I recently made an elezen... and it might be time to unmake it.

Everything else is, okay. But this? Going to have rename myself long-neck Johny.

Edit: I've started using collars/chokers to trick my brain.

[Amnmaat]

But why? They were trying to appeal to real life races that have long necks. Unfortunately they are not for you, but real life people/groups with long necks really like Elezen and would like to keep them this way.

The rationale that the FFXIV community uses is that everything is not for everyone, so no, the devs shouldn't waste their time because the lore and because this is how elves are in real life too and they wanted not to make them like tall Hyurs.

Understand, it's lore, real life long neck people, and did I mention how we should respect the Yoship's vision for a tall elf race? There is no room for compromise, unfortunately.

[Ranaku]

We need more sliders in general. Roegadyn that are small like lalafell. Miqo'te which can be fat as the ones in Eulmore. Beardslider so we can cosplay as ramuh.

And ofc the neckslider but not to make the neck shorter but much much larger! So i can roleplay as a real Dhalmel (giraffe) in the sea of clouds, would be a dream come true for me...

Jokes aside i feel your pain, Miqo'te also have a really long neck and i kinda hate that we don't have some sliders for these things.

[Nethereal]

But why? They were trying to appeal to real life races that have long necks.

Doubt it. If we were going to put a statistic on how many Thailand long neck people play this game I would bet on something below 1% if that.

Unfortunately they are not for you, but real life people/groups with long necks really like Elezen and would like to keep them this way.

I have a hard time believing that. I would like some quotes or links of people who play this game on Elezen saying that.

The rationale that the FFXIV community uses is that everything is not for everyone, so no, the devs shouldn't waste their time because the lore and because this is how elves are in real life too and they wanted not to make them like tall Hyurs.

because this is how elves are in real life too

If I were to humor this comment I would say that in real life there is genetic variance.
There's no reason every single Elezen in the entire game should have the same length of neck regardless of sex or race variation.

Understand, it's lore, real life long neck people, and did I mention how we should respect the Yoship's vision for a tall elf race? There is no room for compromise, unfortunately.

I'm more inclined to believe it's a convenient excuse to hide the fact there are engine limitations.
There is always room for compromise the price just varies.

[LisSquid]

Short styles do nothing but bring attention to the giraffe neck, while the thicker, longer styles work with the length to improve both the Elezen's appearance as well as the hair itself.

I often find those styles to make other races look like contestants in a toddler pageant, but they actually look elegant on an Elezen. SE has been really shackled to the hairstyle contest designs, and all of them have been very short. Perhaps we will get longer cuts in EW, and we will see more fem Elezen running around without wearing the same three styles :P

[Kirajah]

So I recently made an elezen... and it might be time to unmake it.

Everything else is, okay. But this? Going to have rename myself long-neck Johny.

Edit: I've started using collars/chokers to trick my brain.

I have an elezen alt and I am not sure if the neck itself is THAT much longer than the other races, but that their shoulders angle downwards rather dramatically and gives that illusion. But I agree that they look a little odd.

[SturmChurro]

Neck is long on other races too actually. It's the body proportions that makes it stand out on elezen.

[Kolsykol]

I'd rather see Half Hyur/ Elezen like Hilda.
That way they could keep the long necks as being part of their race but also give people options.

But why? They were trying to appeal to real life races that have long necks. Unfortunately they are not for you, but real life people/groups with long necks really like Elezen and would like to keep them this way.

Wait...
Wat?

I've never heard of this before xD.
I know that there's people who use those rings to extend their necks over time, but I've never heard of long necks being an ethnic thing.

[HollowedDoll]

That's just how elezen skeleton is, I don't think it's fixable without extensive rework.

[TeraRamis]

Unfortunately, Elezen just have strange proportions, and there's nothing you can do about it. Their heads are too small for their bodies, which are, themselves, really weirdly shaped. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that they're SE's worst effort as a whole.