Prediction: Female Hrothgar will be human-like, not beast-like

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

It's a failure if only a minority play it due to how much work they're putting into it. Roe at least was a launch race. This will be last race/gender added to the game as far as we know. I doubt they want it to end on a sour note.

So, I'm betting on the female Hrothgar being hot/cute like Miqo'te and Au'ra.

By that Logic, they wouldn't be bothering with the Hrothgar at all, and there wouldn't have been a giant stink about the situation where the new hairs were cutting off/hiding the ears.
So that proves there is a Playerbase for the Hrothgar, and the huge FemHroth Main Thread with people who have made discussion about how they want the FemHroths. Even here in this unnecessary extra thread.
So no....Hrothgar are not a Failure in the slightest.

Im more doubtful that they would say "Dont Worry, Female Hrothgar are coming" Just to NOT give us Female Hrothgar, and instead Miqote 2.0
That would hurt them and the race as a whole. THAT would end it on a Sour Note.

Im hoping they will be Hot/Cute as well...but as Female Hrothgar: Designed as a coherent Female Counterpart to the Males.

[luhgeeky]

IS HROTHGARS AN ANIMAL

[CidHeiral]

Y'now, I know someone who has had the opposite perception, he completely failed to perceive fem Au Ra or Miqos as cutesy in any way because the primary exposure to those races are Sadu and Y'shtola respectively

I'm happy your friend had a great experience. Unfortunately I had a hard time buying into Sadu being a badass warrior so that part of the story didn't really click with me.

it felt like they believe it looks ridiculous, I am someone who thinks stature plays very little role in how a character comes off, and things like demeanor and, for lack of better word, "energy" they give off are substantially more important.

Funny you should say that because "energy" is a lot of what turns me off to Au Ra. I'm a big fan of the high energy tomboy vibe Highlanders have and the meek anime waifu vibe of Au Ra is pretty much the exact opposite of that. But of course that's just my opinion. If you think they're awesome, more power to you! That is exactly why there should be a wide variety of races in the game as I spoke about in my earlier post. Plenty of people think female Highlanders are hideous and too aggressive but I love everything about them.

It's a failure if only a minority play it due to how much work they're putting into it.

Wrong. Read the thread.

[SassyAssassin]

I agree.

One of the things that drew me to Viera is their tall stature. Whenever possible, I try to play tall women in games because I'm one in real life.

I'm hoping fem Hrothgar end up being tall, or at least average height, but if not...well, I'd be disappointed, but I'd still play one.

Roni <3 I hope so too, it would make no sense to make them as small as miqote, plus we have enough short races as it is, even if short races are the most played at least they should consider the rest of the community and give us some variety.

[SassyAssassin]

All ladies are great. Be it a fun size snack or tall dommy mommy. Both have things great about them.

We think similarly like we often do, I also never cared about how tall a guy is, personal hygiene is the only thing that matters in the end tbh

[RobynDaBank]

Honestly funny people perceive that there's a rivalry to be had between cute and buff women, and supposedly the two "factions" need to have a turf war over how female Hrothgars are going to turn out looking. They'll turn out how they're designed by SQEX, with their own decision-making logic. It really wouldn't be on random female Miqo'te/Highland Hyur player #2345432's opinion on how they should be. So creating a divide is just petty.

[ForsakenRoe]

Looking at stuff wondering if there's actually any realworld examples to draw from, I found this:



Apparently, sometimes female lionesses can end up growing a mane due to hormonal shifts. Since Hroths are supposed to be based on big cats like lions, tigers, etc. we could look at the dimorphism of the big cat species of the world to see what SE should be aiming for re: female Hrothgar. And this picture tells me, the dimorphism of the lion is vastly centered around the presence of a mane, the 'muscle build' of the female is, yes, leaner and more sleek, but it's not a massive difference. In fact, it's almost like...



Hmm. Also anyone who says highlanders/roegadyns are ugly is very rude and should reconsider immediately

[TheMightyMollusk]

IS HROTHGARS AN ANIMAL

We're all animals, sister.

[Iscah]

I fully expect the female Hrothgar to be short and more humanoid just so most players will want to play as them.

There is no need at all to make "most" players want to play as the one new race. Unlike jobs, which players pick up in addition to their existing pile, a character can only be one race at a time. Adding one more option to the range doesn't need to appeal to the majority of players, because in the long run what the game needs is a range of different character types that appeal to a different portion of potential players.

It's better to make Hrothgar "something different" than "more of the same". Appeal to a different set of players, not the ones already catered to by Miqo'te.

[Gullis]

if square wanted a popular race, they wouldn't bothered with Hroth to begin with. they could have just added another human race with dog ears instead

I think they will be somewhat animal like, but less so then the males maybe? Idk, either way I look forward to the reveal. I wouldn't be super suprised if they just turned out ot be miqo'te 2.0 though