Thread: While we're on the subject of 2.0 character models...

I wasn't going to bring this up seeing as 2.0 draws nearer, but with the player poll hinting that there's still plenty of work to be done on the visual art packets... I'd like to make a request and see if I can get some support behind it:

When 2.0 comes and we get our character re-creation... can we of lalafell origin choose an option to not be so... chunky? Just an option is all I'm asking - an alternative from maybe a few preset weights...

There's a definitive triangle shape to lalafell and, while I've greatly enjoyed being a short round, it still bugs me that I run around looking like a little anthropomorphic cheese wedge.

We've got so much junk in the trunk we make SCALE MAIL look awkward. Scale mail is supposed to look badass on everything.

Help me out! If miqo'te can get a boob job, lalafell can hit the gym!
Advocate lalafell diet plans for 2.0!
Look great in Scale Mail in just under one year or your gil back!

haha I can support this!

Originally Posted by Ruisu

No thanks on sliders, give us predetermined options instead. Everything with a slider tends to look....off.

I've gotta agree with you there. [horrible The Sims flashbacks] Updated to reflect that we definitely don't want sliders, lol.

But the fact is that our lalafells are thin...but for lalafells standars.

Is like asking for dwarfs to be tallers and have a thin body or roegadyn to be less muscular and to have a normal looking skin our humans to have tails, be a LOT taller like elezens and muscular, the races are the way they are and for the standars of the races we are in shape and healty.

So no, please dont make the race less junky but yes please add a lot of options so we can have fat , normal and thin characters, including lalafells !

Truer word have never spoken before dear Relic.

Originally Posted by Elgeron

our lalafells are thin...but for lalafells standars ... the races are the way they are and for the standars of the races we are in shape and healty.

This is true; and while I do think there are plenty of people who'd like to be a miqo'te with a little more definition, or a roegadyn isn't quite such a brick house, there is plenty of reason to lock the proportions.

The main thing I'm concerned about is gear development. With the few options we have now for character customization, our gear is already mostly palette swaps and minor adjustments, and they're all riddled with minor flaws that make staffs stick through hats and such. I can't imagine how much less quality we'd have if they had to adjust each for body ratios.

Still, while I understand that lalafell proportions are based primarily on children (facial features close together, 5 heads tall instead of 7, etc.), I do meet children whose hips aren't quite wide enough to be used as a watermelon cannon.

Mostly I'm just looking for player opinion - is it possible to have child-like cute little lalafells that aren't as extreme in their being shaped like Grimmace?

Maybe I should just wait for character recreation for 2.0 and go with extra-extra short lalafell and call it a day!

That said...