Au'ra

[MegaElite]

I am not sure where to post this, as this is my first time posting to the forums as a whole. But I was hoping to make a request, which might be unreasonable but I know the dev's read the forums. I sort of wish that the Au'ra had a more equalized height, because while the guys are built like Elezen, the gals are inbetween Miqo'te and Lalafell in height. I understand the two have broadly different appeals, but maybe just having the option, like between Midlander and Highlander Hyur to have a different build that affects more of their general characteristics like height, rather than what color of scales they have so players could enjoy playing as either a more 'cute' male to a more rugged female. I know it would be a lot of work to include this sort of feature and maybe more than a bit unreasonable, and perhaps I am late to the party, but this is something that I hope we could see going forward.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I vaguely recall a possibly giant thread about this back in HW when the race was introduced. It basically boiled down to using the gender differences to allow players to either have a fierce and powerful looking character or something soft and cute. The only complaint I really have at this point is there wasn't a race that essentially flipped this later by having tall fierce powerful looking females with small soft cute males.

[kaynide]

I vaguely recall a possibly giant thread about this back in HW when the race was introduced. It basically boiled down to using the gender differences to allow players to either have a fierce and powerful looking character or something soft and cute. The only complaint I really have at this point is there wasn't a race that essentially flipped this later by having tall fierce powerful looking females with small soft cute males.

While it's not exactly the flip you're saying, the Viera will fill this gap somewhat. The boys are much shorter than the girls and much more..what's the word.. feminine? than other males.

[Iscah]

While it's not exactly the flip you're saying, the Viera will fill this gap somewhat. The boys are much shorter than the girls and much more..what's the word.. feminine? than other males.

5 centimetres isn't "much shorter".

[kaynide]

5 centimetres isn't "much shorter".

The tallest male will still be shorter than the shortest female. So, yeah, if we're comparing them maybe it's not a big difference, but there is a gap.
Unless I am misinformed, in which case I retract the whole thing.

[Fukuro]

The tallest male will still be shorter than the shortest female.

nope! tallest male is around 186cm if i remember right, shortest female is around 178cm! they are about the same height(max female being 5cm taller than max male), which makes also sense lorewise.

[Gothicshark]

I vaguely recall a possibly giant thread about this back in HW when the race was introduced. It basically boiled down to using the gender differences to allow players to either have a fierce and powerful looking character or something soft and cute. The only complaint I really have at this point is there wasn't a race that essentially flipped this later by having tall fierce powerful looking females with small soft cute males.

I think Viera will make this flip, the Bun Bun boys are way too cute ...

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While it is inverted for Viera, the difference in height between males and females on the tall and short end is 5.1-6.6cm looking at the heights from benchmark. Not quite the radical difference of Au Ra. Unless it was the tallest female Viera against the shortest male Viera, I likely won't notice the height difference at a cursory glance.

While true, and an interesting fact, which misses a few details from the Benchmark:

Male Viera
186.5 (6'1.44") Max
172.2 (5'7.68") Min
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Female Viera
191.4 (6'3.36") Max
178.8 (5'10.44") Min

Variance:
Max 4.9cm (1.92")
Min 6.6cm (2.76")

But this has nothing to do with Cute Factor, Bun Bun Bois are cute, like no matter how hard you try they are adorable, while Female Viera can be everything from super cute to tough Tomboy's with attitude.

Like really easy to be a Girl with a goatee...


but try to go rugged...
(my best shot at a masculine Male Viera, I did try too. Sleepy Stoner Eyes, natural hair and eye color, the least feathered hair style. Floppy ears for added stoner looks. Face Tatts in black, no lip color, goatee if this was Live I would name him Shaggy Twinky'eater) Referencing the Junk food found at 7-11, and not the slang.


Meanwhile on Live. My Viera Alt.

[KaijinRhada]

Their figures are highest on NA, but there's a lot more showing up recently on Chaos. The thing to remember is the surveys have certain criteria on them that means they don't capture newer players for the most part.

With that in mind...

That's quite interesting. I didn't think there were that many fewer male Raen from a statistics point of view.

I think Viera will make this flip, the Bun Bun boys are way too cute ...

While it is inverted for Viera, the difference in height between males and females on the tall and short end is 5.1-6.6cm looking at the heights from benchmark. Not quite the radical difference of Au Ra. Unless it was the tallest female Viera against the shortest male Viera, I likely won't notice the height difference at a cursory glance.

[Lauront]

That's quite interesting. I didn't think there were that many fewer male Raen from a statistics point of view.

Well, up to now it's been the case, but anecdotally I've seen a lot of Raen sprouts about recently, so once the newer players begin meeting the eligibility criteria for the count, it'll be interesting to see how it's changed.

[Plushy]

That's quite interesting. I didn't think there were that many fewer male Raen from a statistics point of view.

It's because the male xaela just look way more cool to a lot of people.
Raens for some reason tend to be really popular with lgbt people and don't look as cool as male xaela.