VIERA AND HROTHGAR COMPLAINT MEGATHREAD

[LuciaMirain]

Aaahhh, if only. And even just looking at Miqo'tes...the guys have more expressive ears than their female counterparts.

Viera ears bounce a bit when you run (not sure if this is true for all types), but that's pretty much it. Do Hroth ears move at all? Ear physics would be so cool. ._.

You know what actually DOES bounce alot on females? Their boobs. I actually noticed that when my viera bounced when I was taking a SS the other day. Her boobs move more than her ears. PRIORITIES SE!

[LuciaMirain]

If I'm remembering right thus far the history of Viera hair additions has been:

6.0 female: Mid length fluffy with bangs
6.0 male: Emmanellain
6.0 Shared: Controlled Chaos, Gold Saucer ponytail, 2B, 9S, Lightning/Snow cash shop

6.1 female: Twin tails with bangs, mid length side part with half ponytail, long dreads, Lyse hair via cash shop update
6.1 male: Pippin's style, feathery short, middle part Hippie
6.1 Shared: Fashionably Feathered, Rainmaker, Both Ways

I don't love all of these hairstyles but I have seen people using all of them. 4 base game for each gender and 8 Modern Aesthetics + Lyse's for fViera and not counting today's patch notes is decent all things considered. In terms of hair selection Viera have already come a long way in a short time. Just have to be patient that everyones' favourite styles will be added eventually.

I remember being quite annoyed with the release of those specific hairstyles since 1. some of them looked quite bad on viera and 2. I was worried that, that was all we were gonna get. But seeing this list has actually given me hope that they ARE working on making viera more equal to the other races.

[Adamantini]

You know what actually DOES bounce alot on females? Their boobs. I actually noticed that when my viera bounced when I was taking a SS the other day. Her boobs move more than her ears. PRIORITIES SE!

because of things like that, I started playing as a male character, even though I'm a woman -.-"

[ronibosch]

You know what actually DOES bounce alot on females? Their boobs. I actually noticed that when my viera bounced when I was taking a SS the other day. Her boobs move more than her ears. PRIORITIES SE!

"What the hell is wrong with your tits ears?! They ain't got no jiggle!" - Michiko Malandro
Sorry. Had to.

[LuciaMirain]

because of things like that, I started playing as a male character, even though I'm a woman -.-"

I honestly never noticed until now, since normally I am seeing her from behind but that was an awakening to how they prioritize. Their main feature should ofc have animations but they screwed up by making the ears all unique because now they would have to adapt any motion to 4 different eartypes.

[Nanne]

meanwhile, there are already mods to make this hat work on both races.

Community 1x SE 0

For the millionth time modding=/=making it be fully on the live servers

[Caro178]

I remember being quite annoyed with the release of those specific hairstyles since 1. some of them looked quite bad on viera and 2. I was worried that, that was all we were gonna get. But seeing this list has actually given me hope that they ARE working on making viera more equal to the other races.

Counting from the ffxivcollect list there are currently 29 unlockable hairstyles (not counting those announced yesterday) and after major 2 patch cycles Viera can already use 9 of them. In a similar vein there are maybe 5 or 6 more "base game" hairstyles I expect them to add from the Miqote/Hyur/Lalafell page (high pigtails, the two long wavy styles, the basic ponytail, etc.) With 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 still to come and if they follow a similar pattern throughout we should get 5 or 6 new styles per cycle. I don't think I'm even being overly optimistic to expect Viera will be 90% on par with the other races by 7.0. in terms of hair.

Headgear is another can of worms, of course.

[LuciaMirain]

Counting from the ffxivcollect list there are currently 29 unlockable hairstyles (not counting those announced yesterday) and after major 2 patch cycles Viera can already use 9 of them. In a similar vein there are maybe 5 or 6 more "base game" hairstyles I expect them to add from the Miqote/Hyur/Lalafell page (high pigtails, the two long wavy styles, the basic ponytail, etc.) With 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5 still to come and if they follow a similar pattern throughout we should get 5 or 6 new styles per cycle. I don't think I'm even being overly optimistic to expect Viera will be 90% on par with the other races by 7.0. in terms of hair.

Headgear is another can of worms, of course.

I think we can forget about headgear until 7.0. At most they will keep adding more tiaras/facemasks and shrink whatever hat they can to fit on the front of the head. Doesnt mean we should stop asking for it, ofc.

[Caro178]

Personally I can live with never having full headgear compatibility (I understand not everyone feels the same way and I fully respect all the complaints). I was not okay with never having hairstyle compatibility but thankfully SE did listen and while not every style is perfectly adapted to the race I don't even think every base game hairstyle is perfectly adapted to the races that have no restrictions either. There's a lot to be resolved everywhere. The customization in general is a mixed bag but different strokes for different folks. The game is always evolving and it is really hard to please everyone. Two things I really want to see for 7.0 that have nothing to do with Viera are all 4 face styles of Hroth having access to all racial hairstyles and horns no longer being locked to face shape on Au'ra.

[Adamantini]

For the millionth time modding=/=making it be fully on the live servers

change my mind then.

I see a lot of this type of comment, but never an elaboration of why.