Fem hroth rigging problems?

[Minali]

That post is about issues that arose when adapting the old races to the new graphics. Hrothgals are unrelated to that topic since they did not exist before the graphical update. If Yoshida says anything about the rigging issues I would expect that to be at the next live letter.

I'm eagerly anticipating any news about that issue being fixed as well. I think Hrothgals are awesome but the rigging problem was a deal breaker for me.

I beg to differ. Yes, they are new, but they are just as much character models as any other, and if we're talking about visuals, I'd say the visuals of a new people should be mentioned as well. (And some of the issues criticized on Hrothgar have existed for much longer on our brothers. Obviously the rigging issues are an exception here.)

[Diert]

Disappointed by the lack of Hrothgar mention in the latest message... It would be nice to know this is at least on SOMEONE'S radar.

[CidHeiral]

I beg to differ. Yes, they are new, but they are just as much character models as any other, and if we're talking about visuals, I'd say the visuals of a new people should be mentioned as well. (And some of the issues criticized on Hrothgar have existed for much longer on our brothers. Obviously the rigging issues are an exception here.)

They're not just talking about "visuals." They're specifically talking about the character model changes between the old graphics and the new. Hrothgals didn't exist in the old graphics and thus experienced no changes, so they are completely irrelevant to the subject of that post. I'm certain the devs are more than aware of the rigging issues and they'll talk about it at some point, hopefully the next live letter. Whether what they say about it is what we all want to hear remains to be seen.

[Picothea]

Each update, hrothgar clothing fixes are one of the first things I look for.

I wonder if maybe there was a chain reaction of bad model sizing in an attempt to prevent clipping. Torso gear might have had oversized sleeves, and so the devs had to make gauntlets wider in order to compensate... until they can fix it, which they better! It's all so unfortunate.
The other day, a friend of mine tried on some of my gear with their female roegadyn character, and the arms looked sooo much better. There's no way the large sleeve sizes on female hrothgar can be intentional when compared this way.

[Allegor]

It can't possibly be intentional, and if it somehow is, it was a literal last minute change. It's one thing if some gear don't look good on them (because I swear they use the "one size fits all" methods and sometimes don't even double check on other races) but their racial starter gear, that literally only they can use? nah, I don't buy it.

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[Picothea]

So I just got the Black Mage goetia set today and, uh...

[ronibosch]

oof

Yeah, I threw mine away a few days after becoming a Hrothgar. ;_; I just couldn't salvage it.

[Allegor]

So I just got the Black Mage goetia set today and, uh...

You look as beefy as a male Roegadyn what the f-

[CidHeiral]

It can't possibly be intentional, and if it somehow is, it was a literal last minute change. It's one thing if some gear don't look good on them (because I swear they use the "one size fits all" methods and sometimes don't even double check on other races) but their racial starter gear, that literally only they can use? nah, I don't buy it.

I agree. The only other scenario I could think of is that maybe they ran into some really gnarly clipping issue at the eleventh hour and the only solution was to take a sledgehammer to it and make them huge. Given that half the sleeves still look normal though I don't think that's the case either. I'd wager it's an unintended issue that they'll fix at some point.

[Minali]

So I just got the Black Mage goetia set today and, uh...

Black Mage is out, Buff Mage is in! For extra beafy meteors!