The Men FFXIV Needs

[Deveryn]

Ok, no problem but i had my fair share of 12-14 hours days almost the whole week with a lot of responsebilities and mine are by far not on the same level as Yoshida-san and i can tell you : you will not play, you just cant. Your body and your mind needs a break after such a workload. Thats my expierence. I guess he plays some encounter here and there and thats NOT playing like a customer. In my opinion every customer plays more and diffrent content then he does. I just use reallife expiernce to say, yes he plays but not very much. How could he with this workload? Thats in my eyes just not possible but i am just a stranger on the internet with an opinion (like billion other people) so i may be wrong. And no argument of yours convinced me otherwise at this point. I am very interested why you believe he plays the game like we do ? (this not sarcasm nor an attack)

Back to topic: OP is right, please consider it SE.

He's noted that he comes in early to play and unwind before work. (I think this was on one of the media tour interviews) Maybe he's not doing savage and extreme, but he's still there. He can be a fly on the wall and see what people have to say about things firsthand and it's a much more relaxed interaction than things like the LL or browsing through social media. In my experience with these people, that counts for something.

but yeah, on topic: add whatever it's still a weird vibe in here.

[Theodric]

it's still a weird vibe in here.

'Weird'? How so?

[kaynide]

It’s not my thing as a character, but I do appreciate the option of having a muscular, weathered man without the typical baby face we see in FFXIV.

So, yeah, options that lie somewhere between backstreet boy and Conan the barbarian are a plus.

[Kozh]

And you keep using plurals for your own opinion. A lot of people I know wanted a short ponytail that wasn't race specific.

I also want a long braided ponytail.

People are tired of short pixie cuts.

What a weird thing to fixated on. What's wrong with using plural when we definitely know more than one person shares Aveyond's sentiment? You're free to do the same anyway, so idk what's the problem is.

[aveyond-dreams]

There is nothing of substance to be gained from discussing how people phrase things or not. It is little more than a distraction from the discussion, and unfortunately there are a handful of posters who insist on trying to call attention away from the issue at hand by bringing that up instead of staying on topic.

Regardless, players of both genders want high quality hairstyles that fulfil the fantasy of them both. Masculine hairstyles for men. Feminine hairstyles for women. Neither of these should be a big ask, and by 2022 we should've had these in abundance. Instead, we keep getting things from the hairstyle contest and in forms that aren't accurate to the detail expressed in the original artworks or hairs that are too ancient to be considered on par with the standards set out by both female and male Viera hair quality, which is notably higher than that of most races or unlockable styles.

If workload is somehow still an issue then by all means release the haircuts as genderlocked if need be and cut the work in half, because at every turn there are players who remind me about how large an undertaking this could potentially be (despite 3d modeling resources being redirected to other, more obscure projects.) As far as men go, here is more inspiration for their hairstyles:

[Lost_Dreams]

One reason I only have one man bun is because of the limited options, I wanted both a somewhat androgynous male and a more masculine male. The options for the former were perfect and I have no complaints other then wanting more customization options in general plus unlocking face-scar-etc settings and so on. But I'm completely on board for any extra masculine options for them and other races, so long as they're still options. As long as my "j-PoP lOoKiNg JaIlBaIt" rabbit stays the same, we're golden.

On that note, I completely understand players are extremely passionate about wanting more options, so am I but the bishie-bashing and man-gatekeeping really needs to be curbed. You'll attract more flies to your cause with honey than vinegar, also Wheaton's Law applies. If you can keep your hate boners in your pants you'll likely get more interested in backing you too. Just saying.

by all means release the haircuts as genderlocked

You had me until this. Don't give squeenix that out to flee through. I personally can't stand genderlocked or class locked anything, it's a plague. A cancer on games and it needs to be treated as such. I totally get that you want your options and want them now, but again don't bend and give them that inch. As you said it shouldn't be a big ask.

[Raoabolic]

You had me until this. Don't give squeenix that out to flee through. I personally can't stand genderlocked or class locked anything, it's a plague. A cancer on games and it needs to be treated as such. I totally get that you want your options and want them now, but again don't bend and give them that inch. As you said it shouldn't be a big ask.

You're right, we need more 2b hothgars afking in limsa. lol

[RoroCookies]

I’m not entirely into hyper masculine things myself but even I have to agree that male roe and highlanders are missed opportunities for that. Male roes would probably be far more popular if they didn’t have a cartoon shaped body and bad face options. Meanwhile give male highlanders better faces and their eyebrows.
As much as I love male viera, they could’ve used a older face option. Tho I personally think not only do the male faces need older options but females need older faces too (tho that’s for some other thread discussion).
New hairstyles have been extremely disappointing on top of that.

[SentioftheHoukai]

Ayo Vel why you getting so tilted all the time? We don't yell at you virtually over a forum. ;3

Isn't Ardashir a character that is very feminine/androgynous looking where his overall design is concerned? I don't think he's what people have in mind when they're asking for more masculine hairstyles and character customisation options.

For clarity, here's Ardashir:

You sure that ain't a child? Cuz that precious widdle boi looks on the young side. Hardly an example of peak masculinity, kek.

Agree with OP. The amount of boys pretending to be men have gotten too high. Its not even how soft they look, its also how young.
Auron is one of the best characters they(SquareSoft) has ever made. It is impossible to make anything remotely close to him with the game creator.
"Old" people in xiv look like raisins. They don't look experienced they look decrepit.

Ah, Auron the spiced wine of gaming. They really don't make 'em like him anymore, do they? Mothertrucker was hot asf. Spicy, sizzlin' ;3

[Shikiseki]

I don't think I remember the last time we got a no-bs/no-frills hairstyle (the last one was either shadowbringers WoL or 9s').
Sadly we didn't get a new WoL hairstyle cause he seems to be the only one that brought various good looking male hairstyles (there's a reason you see so many WoL copies cause those hairstyles look DESIGNED for males first)

Something short and simple even if has to be a male only hairstyle so females can get their ponytails and long hair. We had that in the past and it worked out perfectly fine back then...