VIERA AND HROTHGAR COMPLAINT MEGATHREAD

[Balmung_Griffin]

I would just like to continue to complain that I think it is truly abysmal that gear is still being made that is unable to be used by Hrothgar and Viera (especially egregious are upcoming mogstation items that can't be worn by Viera/Hrothgar, either)

It's been like 6 years, Square. Get it together.

And to rub salt into the wound, we now have to farm hats that we can't use to get the outfit glamour requirements.
Great!

[Avoidy]

so can you guys wear hats yet, or

[AvoSturmfaust]

What i dont get is why is it so hard to make hats for viera, i mean just let me put a head on and hide the ears, stuff doesnt really need "ear" holes, atleast i hope if they add more hats in the feature that everything doesnt show my ears, i love the viera aesthetic but the ears are way to big for me xD

[Pip_Chick]

What i dont get is why is it so hard to make hats for viera, i mean just let me put a head on and hide the ears, stuff doesnt really need "ear" holes, atleast i hope if they add more hats in the feature that everything doesnt show my ears, i love the viera aesthetic but the ears are way to big for me xD

I talked with a good friend of mine who is in programming. He asked me if the hairstyles have "altered models" for different types of hats. Apparently, in order to make hats work for Viera they would need to create a few altered models that would fit around the different types of headgear, for every hairstyle. For example: with the general hairstyles when they have, let's say the Racing Chocobo Mask equipped, all the portion of the hairstyle that is "under" the helm is actually "deleted", this is to ensure those faces of the mesh don't get counted in the rendering process, making the game do less calculations and ensuring it runs smoothly, 1.0 flower vase anyone?
Now, this is very doable, but it would take time and resources to be put into making the few altered models for each hairstyle and refitting them for all hats in the game. But the problem is all that work would be for only 1 race, so the devs might see that as the last task on their priority list. To make it work for Hrothgar, you do all that + refit it around their heads.

It is not so much as hard or impossible, but more of a: we do not have the time, resources or urgency to be spending on this right now. So we will put it on the back burner for as long as we can.

Now take what I said with a grain of salt. Neither my friend nor I work for SE, nor do we know the ins and outs of their working schedule. This is just our guess based on our work experience.

[ronibosch]

The official art of Viera and Hrothgar wearing hats is downright cruel if not tone deaf, considering they've been keeping us all in the dark about their future plans for both races.

[Minali]

Good morning!

Behold, I bring you screenshots from new Hrothgar hairstyles in an imgur gallery.

Disclaimer: There are many hairstyles I have yet to unlock, so there might be some hairstyles missing here.

Hrothgal hairstyles: https://imgur.com/a/4l5ZtvP
Unlockable Hairstyle: Rainmaker

Hrothguy hairstyles: https://imgur.com/a/gOV2f57
Unlockable Hairstyles: Gyr Abanian Plait, Lexen-Tails, Form and Function (Moogle tomestone farming paid off!)

I am surprised they managed to put the braid for Hrothgars in a way it doesn't go through the ears. Neat!


I can provide Viera hairstyle screenshots as well (lads and lasses seem to have the same ones) but I don't remember which ones they got last time. Does anyone remember or made a screenshot, so I know where to start?

[Nekuroi]

And it looks funny. But like, in a good way.

It's weird that I'm enjoying something so simple xD

It's because it is a simple thing, doesn't have to hide ears or anything, just have ears and hair!

I love the new additions and hope they continue to add in more patches. I also hope they give an option to remove the little string on the long hair one (from every race not only Hroth), but yeah, glad to see they're moving to it. Hopefully by 7.0 we get hats too