Please stop hiding miqo'te ears (and other races') from certain head gear

[Adamantini]

I think you misunderstood what I said.

I'd rather have actual effort put into showing our ears rather than just have them stick out of the mesh. If that isn't possible, I'd rather not see the ears poke through the hat because in my opinion that is UGLY. You're entitled to have your own opinion, I find it unsightly, either do it correctly, or not do it at all.

You saying 'just show it guise' then quoting me is basically you saying:

"I don't care if they poorly do it!!! LET IT STICK OUT!"

Makes me wonder who is actually wanting a poorly done job here...?

Sorry, I really misinterpreted that. I'll remove your quote there, as it was indeed my mistake.

[mallleable]

Even if we do get an eyepatch face accessory -- which would open up a ton of headwear options for me, I would still be incredibly picky because a lot of them remove my character's ears. Please stop this.

[Aco505]

Thanks to a friend, I have discovered that the crafted level 96 Titanium Gold Helms of Fending, Striking and Casting have ear protection... for hyuran-like races! But not for miqo'te. See the picture below:



What's even weirder is that viera do have their ears clip through while keeping the aforementioned ear pouches, as you can confirm in the next picture:



It's curious how random and inconsistent the ear issue can be when it comes to headwear. There's no logic, rhyme or reason to it besides having non-huyran races as an afterthought.

[Aco505]

Unsurprisingly, the cap from the newest PvP series pass does not show miqo'te ears. Viera (and I assume hrothgar) cannot use it either.

I'd like that the promised 50% increased rewards took this into account and stopped hiding racial features. Gear shouldn't be designed with just hyur in mind.

[Aco505]

To no one's surprise, the hat from the outfit unlocked by completing the quests of the latest Custom Delivery NPC hides miqo'te ears once again (see below). Viera and hrothgar cannot use it either.



Please, design gear sets with all races in mind and not just hyur!

[Basteala]

1. Hyur got ears. 2 to be precise. Never heard a Hyur/lala/elezen complaining because the helmet hides his/her ears.
2. When I use an helmet for the motorcycle my ears are hidden (and protected).
3. an helmet is used to protect your head, ears included.

With the logic of "Show your ears" miqote's and viera adventurers would all be deaf.

Massive L take, here. Actually impressive how dumb this is.

Yes, Hyur have ears. Good eye. Most people aren't playing Hyur for their friggin ears. People playing Miqo are. It's part of the race's aesthetic and "draw". People want to be the cute catgirl (or catboy, no judging here), and the ear coverings were both cute and also leaned into the race's chosen aesthetic. It's something the target audience for the race could enjoy.

I thought that was painstakingly obvious that even a four year old could understand.

[Aco505]

The new head piece from the FFXIV store (link) does not hide miqo'te ears!



The bad news is that it's something that must be bought with real money and viera and hrothgar likely cannot even use it.

We need more hats obtained in-game to be like this and not through the cash shop.

Additionally, I have noticed that all chest pieces from the Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) hide tails with the exception of the Casting and Healing ones, despite the fact that the Fending and Maiming versions have tail armor! Yet another sad example to the growing number of items hiding tails.

No newly released gear should have these issues in 2025. They've had more than 5 years just for viera and hrothgar alone to fix them and now somehow we keep getting more tail clipping.

[Kanehon]

To no one's surprise, the hat from the outfit unlocked by completing the quests of the latest Custom Delivery NPC hides miqo'te ears once again (see below). Viera and hrothgar cannot use it either.



Please, design gear sets with all races in mind and not just hyur!

It's especially ridiculous that the NPC that gives you this gear tells you to convince the Hrothgar to wear it too.

[Aco505]

In the newest PLL, it's been said that the Cosmic Exploration suit will hide tails. If confirmed, this is yet another instance of them not trying to create something unique so as not to completely delete racial traits.

[Kanehon]

In the newest PLL, it's been said that the Cosmic Exploration suit will hide tails. If confirmed, this is yet another instance of them not trying to create something unique so as not to completely delete racial traits.

it's easier to scale everything to midlander, than it is to try to make a tail suit/armor piece, and we know which choice they went with