What is going on with Square Enix and the 14 team?

[Skyborne]

The problem with the original contest is that players voted for it. It was all based on art style when the entries were whittled down, and surprise the generic anime cuts got picked because people who play the Japanese styled MMO liked that art the most.

SE definitely picked the ones that were the most workable, sure, but there was no control over making sure the winners weren't too similar.

Don't mind me, I am still eternally malding that I was waiting for this hair to make it into the game only for it to be pointed out to me that it did, but Squeenix completely butchered it, removing the bell hairties and all the bangs except one. Why. My mind was just one long balloon-deflating noise in that moment. Why? The only longer hairstyles for males all have gigantic five-heads.... and the only decent ponytail with bangs is locked to male ras.

[Heavenchild]

Don't mind me, I am still eternally malding that I was waiting for this hair to make it into the game only for it to be pointed out to me that it did, but Squeenix completely butchered it, removing the bell hairties and all the bangs except one. Why. My mind was just one long balloon-deflating noise in that moment. Why? The only longer hairstyles for males all have gigantic five-heads.... and the only decent ponytail with bangs is locked to male ras.

That looks really nice. Is it what became lex? The original would have been really cool. :3