Neck slider when?

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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.