Elezen :)

[RinaB]

Catgirls have also very long necks. But interestingly nobody cares about it.

Cheers

More room for hickeys

[nebby00]

The only thing that stops me from being an elezen for a extended period of time is the running and sprinting animations. It just looks so awkward; if they fixed the way they moved in game then I would swap immediately no questions asked. It also would be nice if male elezen got a face similar to Aymeric's; since let's be honest.. Aymeric's face is pretty hot ngl.

You can make some good looking elezen, but the way they move is like they have a rod firmly stuck up their butt and they can't get it out. Their /cposes are regal and elegant though ^.^

[Caurcas]

Elezen are pretty goat. Pretty dapper with hats.

[Nishira]

I’m really lost when people say Elezen are ugly. I don’t see it, I find them gorgeous and they are far more interesting to me than the ‘cute’ races. I get that others prefer those and I wish them much enjoyment! But Elezen ugly? What? They’re amazing

[nebby00]

I’m really lost when people say Elezen are ugly. I don’t see it, I find them gorgeous and they are far more interesting to me than the ‘cute’ races. I get that others prefer those and I wish them much enjoyment! But Elezen ugly? What? They’re amazing

It's not that elezen are ugly, they're far from it. Their proportions are just.. off and extremely hard to glamour around. If they had the proportions of Viera, then a lot more people would play them since Viera more or less fits the frame for female Elezen and glamour actually looks good on Viera in many different armor sets/styles. For Elezen it's harder to make them look good in different glamour sets aside from elegant or classy glamours, or try to make them look like Bayonetta most of the time, plus they run weird. That's a big turn off for a lot of players, myself included. If elezen didn't run so strangely, I definitely would be playing one right now since I usually always play taller races or elves in MMOs.

Their emotes aren't as expressive either, similar to Viera and apparently a lot of people want to go for a cutesy appearance like Miqo'te or Au Ra, which those races can easily fit so many different glamour styles without looking strange and their run/sprint animations are really good. Female Elezen are also unfortunately limited to really 2 faces, the mature face with and without make up, and the youthful face with and without make up. The other races at least has some variety with their face options, especially for their female characters. Elezen... not so much :c

[Nethereal]

It's not that elezen are ugly, they're far from it. Their proportions are just.. off and extremely hard to glamour around. If they had the proportions of Viera, then a lot more people would play them since Viera more or less fits the frame for female Elezen and glamour actually looks good on Viera in many different armor sets/styles. For Elezen it's harder to make them look good in different glamour sets aside from elegant or classy glamours, or try to make them look like Bayonetta most of the time, plus they run weird. That's a big turn off for a lot of players, myself included. If elezen didn't run so strangely, I definitely would be playing one right now since I usually always play taller races or elves in MMOs.

Their emotes aren't as expressive either, similar to Viera and apparently a lot of people want to go for a cutesy appearance like Miqo'te or Au Ra, which those races can easily fit so many different glamour styles without looking strange and their run/sprint animations are really good. Female Elezen are also unfortunately limited to really 2 faces, the mature face with and without make up, and the youthful face with and without make up. The other races at least has some variety with their face options, especially for their female characters. Elezen... not so much :c

What you don't like the other two face options, Sin 1 and Sin 2? They have a lot of meme potential. And yeah Elezen are probably the one race that need their own glams because they look so bad in the other race's glams.

I agree but I've also found certain glams look extra good on elezen. I would be happy if they made the run animation a bit less ridged but I like being a rarity . This is what I currently look like, I tried this look on miqo before and it looked really off. https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/f/7...223.1632788919

Nice glam but I will never be able to get over this hurdle:



What has been seen can never be unseen. Probably would look fine on catgirl in my eyes.
Not saying it doesn't happen on other races too and I don't circumvent that as well but it's just too much.

Dragon girl for comparison:

[RinaB]

*rubs neck with hand* well we can't all be perfect

[Nethereal]

*rubs neck with hand* well we can't all be perfect

Most all the races have the same issue elezen just has it the worst.
This was my elezen btw:



I really did like her face and hair.

[nebby00]

Oh yeah I def noticed that when making her, variety in faces in non-existent haha. In that sense I do get those who’d love some tweaks in the character creation, that would be amazing. I guess I’m weird but I would regret it a bit if they made the proportions more ‘correct’, I actually like the somewhat elongated proportions. In that sense I feel they fill their own niche, they bring something very different to the table. With glams I feel it’s a bit of the same thing, they may not work the best in some glams but work great in others which may suit other races less well. Personally I love the rather classical outfits anyway, and on an Elezen they look fantastic. But I get your points, and I understand it will prevent some from playing one even tho in theory they might like to.

Yep, it's just those things that hold elezen back a lot. And as for male elezen, I extremely dislike the baby face on them. Every time I see a male elezen with that face option, it honestly creeps me out since again the proportions don't line up well and looks... off. It's honestly why when Endwalker drops, I refuse to use the boyish/super young face that the male Viera's have when I fantasia over. It just looks off. Don't like it lmao

I agree but I've also found certain glams look extra good on elezen. I would be happy if they made the run animation a bit less ridged but I like being a rarity . This is what I currently look like, I tried this look on miqo before and it looked really off

True, but then again a lot of the classy glams look better or about the same on Viera (just a shame Viera can't use modern aesthetics yet until EW), since again Viera and Elezen have more or less the same niche with the slender, tall body. It's just that Viera have better animations than Elezen which is unfortunate. Would love to see elezen get some love as well since they aren't bad... just animations.

That is a lovely glam btw, but the neck just throws me off still lol

What you don't like the other two face options, Sin 1 and Sin 2? They have a lot of meme potential. And yeah Elezen are probably the one race that need their own glams because they look so bad in the other race's glams.

Well they certainly do, it's not too hard to create a meme worthy face with those options! But I am jealous of Elezen's hemphen sets, those sets are super pretty.

[RinaB]

Thanks, I appreciate it . Yeah the neck is a bit much, I don't see how it would be a huge amount of work to shorten it and clean up some animations.