New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Caramen]

Greetings, everyone.

As there have been a lot of feedback surrounding Hrothgar and their hairstyles, we wanted to share a recent update from Yoshida during the recent patch notes reading. On the stream he discussed the specifications of Hrothgar and the difficulties regarding adding hairstyles for them.

I'm sorry but Hrothgars have been lackluster since launched, if the developer team included Yoshida is offended and concerned that the feedback is extremely negative, then please remember the feeling of being disappointed of waiting for 3+ years only to receive poor results. People is fine with waiting, but no one can wait for years just to get some mediocre treatment compared to other race. Thank you for the response, we do not wish ill to any of the dev, but we are tired and furious to being told "please be patient and look forward to it" after years.

[Seafishie]

Have hope guys. I'm sure the devs are hastily working on the Hrothgar hairstyles as we speak.

[Larirawiel]

Greetings, everyone.

As there have been a lot of feedback surrounding Hrothgar and their hairstyles, we wanted to share a recent update from Yoshida during the recent patch notes reading. On the stream he discussed the specifications of Hrothgar and the difficulties regarding adding hairstyles for them.

Hey. Thank you for the feedback.

But the devs have made one big mistake: they took unexpectedly something away from the players. In this case: the ears. I do not know one game, where the feedback was very positive when the devs did something like that. But i can remember games, where the feedback was negative. So please do not do it.


Cheers

[Retrisar]

Have hope guys. I'm sure the devs are hastily working on the Hrothgar hairstyles as we speak.

Sure they will...

[Iscah]

I'm not a huge fan of them either but the fact that they're just a flat texture makes locking them behind a single face just... bizarre.

It's down to everything running on a template – every race gets five on/off toggle settings. Removing the hair variant piece as a toggle option meant that they could pick one new thing to add, and for that face they added eyebrows instead of a new scar option like some of the other faces got. Players may consider either one the better deal.

[Kelev]

Hey. Thank you for the feedback.

But the devs have made one big mistake: they took unexpectedly something away from the players. In this case: the ears. I do not know one game, where the feedback was very positive when the devs did something like that. But i can remember games, where the feedback was negative. So please do not do it.


Cheers

Spicy take here: I’m grateful for the missing ears. I despise the haircuts as they are. There’s nothing bestial or in-line with being Hrothgar there in the first place, and the additional shape of the skull alone is terrifying. When you couple that with the explanation “you have to imagine the ears under the hair” it undermines the excuses we’ve been given for no headgear support.

So the lack of ears has helped the community to rally around the fact that the devs have left Hrothgar essentially unfinished since ShB launch.

And as a Hrothgar, folks saying “You know, I don’t play Hrothgar, but y’all got done dirty,” that support means the world to me.

And if all we get out of this is the same crappy, out-of-touch hairstyles, just with ears instead of:

- Hairstyles in line with Hrothgar lore and design
- Hairstyles that make an attempt to conform to our skulls
- Frank talk from the dev team and transparency as to what they’re going to do about it
- The ability to use ALL the legacy hairstyles across all our faces, which is something every other race has
- The devs understanding that while face/ hair combinations for other races can be in the hundreds, Hrothgar have had 8, 2 per “skull” and even then swapping between the two cost $10
- That even when Viera hair was upgraded even then there was months of time to weigh in before implementation and there’s more work planned

Then.. …all we’ve really learned is that people should have ears. And, frankly, that kind of terrible dev response is something I expect from Blizzard. Not Square.

I *expect* from a game that values individual expression and design that races continue to evolve and mature and have the designs get more robust. And it means a ton to me that the community aren’t saying “this is what you deserve,” but rather “let’s make sure no one gets left behind.”

So, I’m grateful for my missing ears, and for anyone reading this.

[SherlottaEryut]

I understand everyone's still upset.

But if this moderator doesn't get the feedback they're asking for, who's to say Yoshi will just accept the other feedbacks and take theirs into account, while we're ignored and wasted our opportunity? As far as I can see on the other forums they're not disappointed anymore. This might be our only chance for a really long time.

Voicing the disappointment, the slow production, bringing up how moderators do it better is perfectly valid, I'm not disregarding how you feel - but I really am worried we won't get this chance again.

Edit:
I think a fair compromise would be to ask them to hire a 3rd party group dedicated just to creating hairstyles, we should make it clear that we don't want to wait for a long time again. Can we agree on that?

[aveyond-dreams]

Please just don't design female Hrothgar with the same restrictions male Hrothgar have. That is all I'm asking.

[Larirawiel]

Spicy take here: I’m grateful for the missing ears. I despise the haircuts as they are.

I guess, you are the exception here.

The point is, it is a psychological thing. It is almost always bad to take away something from the players, they already had. It is like class/job nerfs. If you nerf something then it makes the players upset. It is better to make a class too weak and then buff it peu a peu than the opposite: make the class overpowered and then nerf it. The last approach will always produce complaints from the players, because they are already invested in the class and you make their investment obsolete.

It would be better to have a toggle, which allows to switch the ears on and off.


Cheers

[Retrisar]

I understand everyone's still upset.

But if this moderator doesn't get the feedback they're asking for, who's to say Yoshi will just accept the other feedbacks and take theirs into account, while we're ignored and wasted our opportunity? As far as I can see on the other forums they're not disappointed anymore. This might be our only chance for a really long time.

Voicing the disappointment, the slow production, bringing up how moderators do it better is perfectly valid, I'm not disregarding how you feel - but I really am worried we won't get this chance again.

Edit:
I think a fair compromise would be to ask them to hire a 3rd party group dedicated just to creating hairstyles, we should make it clear that we don't want to wait for a long time again. Can we agree on that?

What are you talking about ? its over a 110 pages of feedback . Should I've put a billboard on the front of SE office to make them see it what's wrong with those haircuts ?