Fem hroth rigging problems?

[CidHeiral]

It's also the least played race by a long shot. That's probably one of the reasons why Fem Hroths are late by a whole expansion.
Unfortunately, devoting the FF14 team's ever-dwindling resources to fix a problem that only effects a dozen or so people in a world of multiple millions doesn't make sense from a budgeting standpoint.
Low effort for low demand, if you will.

According to the latest Lucky Bancho survey, female Hrothgar are already more popular globally than female Highlanders, male Highlanders, female Elezen, and almost all Roegadyn. They're about even with male Elezen. They don't beat the "cute" races but nothing ever will except maybe another cute race.

I was surprised myself at how popular they are but I don't think the devs would purposefully neglect a race based on its popularity anyway, if that were the case they wouldn't have designed them that way to begin with. Not every race needs to be massively popular to be a worthy addition to the game. Different options bring different crowds of people into the game.

[Pip_Chick]

According to the latest Lucky Bancho survey, female Hrothgar are already more popular globally than female Highlanders, male Highlanders, female Elezen, and almost all Roegadyn. They're about even with male Elezen. They don't beat the "cute" races but nothing ever will except maybe another cute race.

I was surprised myself at how popular they are but I don't think the devs would purposefully neglect a race based on its popularity anyway, if that were the case they wouldn't have designed them that way to begin with. Not every race needs to be massively popular to be a worthy addition to the game. Different options bring different crowds of people into the game.

Well, colour me surprised... going from people telling me Hrothgals will be less popular than Femroes with an average of 3 per server, to as popular as Male Elezen. And more popular than Highlanders and Roes...

Well, I can't say it is not deserved, they give a unique feel. You can be beastly and cute. They are quite a peak in terms of fantasy (I'm very subjective on this). Being muscular enough to make a majority of weapons feasible to wield, having a lithe and pleasant body with just enough muscles and shape. And faces that can range from several different wild cats that can be made to look cute and docile or threatening. Also as an added thing, they are the only female race that is tall and has a tail. So from my perspective, it is obvious they are popular, but it is also nice to know that a lot more people agree!

There is no competition, of course, but it's nice to feel validated after 6 years of being told otherwise! :3

[LLSmoothJ]

They're the token Furry race, so of course they're going to be popular regardless.

[Pip_Chick]

They're the token Furry race, so of course they're going to be popular regardless.

Something something glass house, something something rocks...

[VicariousXIV]

Many would have stayed hrothgal if they had the same features and access as the other races.

Quite literally me! I love their look, I love the animations, they have the best voices for emotes and combat, and they're just more different then the norm. I can deal with the ridiculously limited options, no problem for me there, but the armor rigging making any full armor sets look straight up stupid and comical forced me back off of them. I 100% believe that I'm not the only one and Hrothgals would have a higher playrate if they hadn't messed up on these things.

[Einnecy]

Hroth shares assets with Roe, that much is obvious. Been calling them Roe with fur glued on since day one.
It's also the least played race by a long shot. That's probably one of the reasons why Fem Hroths are late by a whole expansion.
Unfortunately, devoting the FF14 team's ever-dwindling resources to fix a problem that only effects a dozen or so people in a world of multiple millions doesn't make sense from a budgeting standpoint.
Low effort for low demand, if you will.

So, to dial it back for a moment, why release them in the first place then? Is it not disingenuous to release a half-assed race and then refuse to bring them to a polished state akin to the other playable races because "they're the least played race"? The statistics for hrothgar and viera are despite their issues. If they were complete their numbers would be much higher.

- signed, person who would play a viera if they had hat support + all hairstyle options.

[Akroya]

*sigh* Looks like they're going to stick with the idea of Warcraft like shoulders for female Hrothgars. I highly doubt they'll ever fix all the broken and weird looking glamours, but I can't expect much from a small indie company. Sooner than this they'll fix hats for Viera for sure.

[My77rh]

That glam looks great on literally every other model than hrothgal btw. No hats, very few hair options, weird oversized shoulders and arms, glam options are so limited. Idk if they're gonna fix that with the patch but I can always hope.

[Meifala]

THEY DID IT LADS. PARTIALLY, ANYWAY

KEEP REPORTING INDIVUDUAL PIECES!!!

[CidHeiral]

I wonder if that's a complete list. Their own racial gear has the issue as well and it's not on there unless I'm overlooking it.