Personally, I would really dig playing a male Au Ra, but without the horns or tail...

[Rolder50]

I'm sure there are mods that remove Au Ra tails and horns

Sure are. There's even one that removes scales entirely!

[ASkellington]

I love Highlanders so I'd be fine with that too.

I want to love highlanders but their limited options are such a pain to work with. Shout out to all my male highlander players. Ya'll are doing Rhalgr's work.

[Coletergeist]

And the Hyur... their standing and running animations just kinda bother me.

So you're okay with very stiff and crash bandicoot standing/running animations? (joke)
Sorry I had to. I think Au Ra default standing pose, walk, and running animations are all absurdly lame.

[Lunalepsy]

No shade on the Au Ra or anything, but I've just found the horns and tail just clash with loads of glamours constantly.

I just changed from a Xaela to a Raen, because the Raen higher more of a rosy skin-tone option and the whites of their eyes are actually WHITE (the Xaela, their eyes are almost black). But I didn't realize just HOW much their horns and tails clash with so many of the armor sets in the game. Like... it's honestly pretty bad.

Personally? I would love a new "Clan" option for them, that just nixes the horns and tail, maybe even the scales, and give them more normal-looking ears. Or my personal preference, short pointed ears; not as long as Elezen or anything, but still short.

Not sure how or "why" you'd add this option, but man, I would LOVE that. To me, it would really just be the best of all worlds; the body-type and silhouette I think looks cool, without having to worry about what stuff "matches" my horns.

Ok? Then what are you looking for?

[Iscah]

I didn't realize just HOW much their horns and tails clash with so many of the armor sets in the game. Like... it's honestly pretty bad.

Clashes in what way? Colour or shape?

I'm picky about the shape of clothes for my Au Ra alt (wide collars seem to end up extra-huge, and narrow pants make their legs look spindly) but I don't think I've ever been bothered by the colour. It seems a pretty neutral shade.

[SillyCrow]

I mean even if you remove the tail and horns you still have the animations that are questionable.

[LianaThorne]

So you're okay with very stiff and crash bandicoot standing/running animations? (joke)
Sorry I had to. I think Au Ra default standing pose, walk, and running animations are all absurdly lame.

Gdi I'm never going to be able to unsee it now lolol

[Soge01]

So you're okay with very stiff and crash bandicoot standing/running animations? (joke)
Sorry I had to. I think Au Ra default standing pose, walk, and running animations are all absurdly lame.

Waoh! Waohwaohwaohwaoh! WAOH!!!!

[hagare]

I'd play a male au ra if they fix the janky run

[Tsiron]

The horns, scales and tails were exactly what drew me to Au Ra in the first place, and they remain my favourite race in FFXIV... despite the plethora of complaints I have with their design (hourglass shape isn't one of them, and I've gotten used to the run tbh), and unfortunately the 7.0 graphics update is unlikely to address any of them because they're not going to fundamentally change their appearance at this point. At best, we might (finally) get more options...