Semi-transparent ear hair on multiple Female Miqo'te hairstyles

[Tahli]

Numerous hairstyles of both female and male Miqo'te of both clans have an error where a tuft of hair on both ears is semi-transparent. This was not the case before the 7.0 update.

Bugged opacity of ear hair examples:




A different hairstyle with solid ear hairs, no transparency issue:




To a lesser extent, this also affects male Miqo'te ear hair.
On the left is a hairstyle with the opacity issue circled, on the right is a hairstyle with no issue:




This bug is affecting the same hairstyles for both male and female. At the moment, I can only verify these specific base hairstyles being affected, which all happen to be grouped at the bottom of the character creator. I've circled them in red:



Date & Time: August 8, 2024, 9:20 PM EST
Frequency: Always
World name: Midgardsormr
Character name: Tahli Val

Steps:
1. Log into FFXIV or go into character creator.
2. Play as a male or female Miqo'te, of either clan. (Easier to notice on female)
3. Select a pale skin tone and dark hair color for easier visibility of the error.
4. Scroll through hairstyles, looking at the opacity of the hair on the ears changing between hairstyles.



■ PC Specs

-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

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[Tahli]

Edited to include examples on male Miqo'te after finding it affects them too.