It's clear to me that there's a deeper affair when it comes to character customization and their tech... and the clear example we have for that is the infamous midlander stubble, that was only viable as a non toggleable feature by copy pasting a whole face.

It makes me think that in the base ARR game they made the customization options only with hair and face paint expansion in mind, because there is where we get constant updates.

I hope they fix out whatever code/tech is limiting the system to, at the bare minimum, add basic stuff like separating Au Ra horns from faces or fixing inconsistencies (i.e. miqo face 1 has toggleable eye markings, but they are permanent in face 4).