Request for More Character Customization Options

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Gloves that are usable by all classes that make it so you can make long-sleeved robes, shirts, etc. into short sleeved ones. The Bozja scouting gloves are a good example of what I mean by this, although they're obviously locked to scouting classes.

[BrokeAndTired]

Finally cracked and made a forum account just for this.

Here's my big wishlist regardless of wait time or feasibility because I think they would be cool:

• Au Ra horn swapping. Not just between faces, but genders as well.
• Dyeable eyelashes for everyone. We have the the toggle option on M Viera, I'd like to see it on different races and different faces. It's a nice touch that adds a lot of flavor and I think it'd be nice for the faces that don't really have a lot of eyelash going on to get something more striking.
• Age slider, or at least more old faces. It's annoying that only males get to be old, let the ladies have some wrinkles too.
• Better eyebrows. I am on my hands and knees, BEGGING for eyebrows on Male Highlander. And while we're at it, more thick eyebrow options for everyone would also be nice. I don't mean the toggle where the eyebrows get penciled in a little more, I mean big strong eyebrows. Fem Seeker eyebrows. I hate the pencil thin eraser shaving eyebrows some faces get stuck with.
• Viera tail (toggleable). I just think it would be cute. No other reason.
• More minor face variation. More noses, lips, eye shapes for all faces. It might help fix the "makeup vs no makeup" problem going on with Fem Elezen. And it wouldn't require making all new faces for every race.
• More Face Paint Slots. Some people want blush and freckles, or eyeshadow and cute little whiskers, or to just cover themselves in paint and complete their clown look.
• Scars and tattoos. This game needs more scars. We are playing the Warrior of Light, and we have seen things. We've covered wars, y'know. Tattoos that aren't attached to random (sometimes class-locked) clothing and instead to our actual characters would also be nice.
• More unique hair options. Please, please, please add more curly and loc hairstyles. Braids, fluffier hair, dyable hair accessories if they're going to be a permanent fixture of the hair, toggleable bits/alternative styles for Au Ra and Miqo'te to get rid of the weird horns and black ears that some of their default hairs have. Just changing the default hair options alone could add a ton.
• Better body type options. This is the most obvious. The chest slider on feminine body types is not very good (I don't even know why it exists on Lala other than as a joke). Flat chest and bigger chest option would be nice for a little more diversity. Muscle sliders for everyone, a slider to be a bit pudgier. Also a butt slider because almost every race is laughably flat and it's incredibly noticeable in the myriad of swimsuits that keep getting added to this game.
• More color palettes/color options. I can't tell if the NPCs from Solution 9 are meant to hint that this is a thing in the works, or just there to taunt us with hair colors we can't have. Either way, I want it.

[Raikai]

I'd like to add that they also need to make the face options consistent.

For example. Miqo'te face 1, the one I use, the tattoos to the sides of the eyes are optional, however the same tattoos are permanent on face 4. Why is that?

Overall I have the feeling that the customization options may be hindered behind the "sphagetti" code (or w/e excuse there is), because it seems like they (except for hair styles and face paints) were built with limited 'slots' not thinking about new future additions.

How do I know this? I don't, but the fact that just to add the so-requested midlander stubble they had to literally copy paste one of the midlander faces, and add the stubble as a permanent texture for it, speaks a lot.

[VanillaWafer]

I'm most likely gonna be cooked for saying this, but I'm against the whole flat chest thing for females mostly due to a lot of bad actors using that to create "teen" WoLs.

While I am for the androgynous look, don't get me wrong, there's just too many players that infamous Google Doc list that mod their characters into "teens." At least then, I wouldn't know if there was one next to me so I wouldn't care, so long they don't get weird on me.

With the advent of what payment processors are doing, probably not a good idea to ask.

[s32ialx]

They need to be limited because the server would having a harder time handling many more options, however I do approve of way more options in character making for all races and more, likewise more clothing options and ways to alter the looks within the game, other than plastering two colours onto some of the sets.

so invest, that excuse falls flat with how cheap hardware v performance metrics are these days.

[Burmecia]

i just want black eartips for miqos to be an option, not connected to hairstyle

[BiddyBatnana]

More faces !!!
More afro/Poc oriented hair and features.

[BrokeAndTired]

While I am for the androgynous look, don't get me wrong, there's just too many players that infamous Google Doc list that mod their characters into "teens." At least then, I wouldn't know if there was one next to me so I wouldn't care, so long they don't get weird on me.

I'm confused by this, not trying to cook you just genuinely trying to understand. If you saw a flat chested fem character next to you, you would assume it's a "teen", rather than just an androgynous character? Because there wouldn't be any other way to know that sort of thing without interacting with the player, and by that point you can just block them if you find them to be a bad actor. Just seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

[VanillaWafer]

I'm confused by this, not trying to cook you just genuinely trying to understand. If you saw a flat chested fem character next to you, you would assume it's a "teen", rather than just an androgynous character? Because there wouldn't be any other way to know that sort of thing without interacting with the player, and by that point you can just block them if you find them to be a bad actor. Just seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Package this with the height slider to minimum with a young face and et voilà, you got yourself a young looking WoL.

You can talk me to death about different body shapes, I get it and I'd happily agree with you, but like I said, I have seen too many bad actors in this game to want to try this. Hell, I'd want a flat chest for myself, but at the cost of seeing "teens" running around? Pass. There's just too many and not enough slots in my blacklist.

However you'd be right, I could always report the bad actor if they're found out and they'd be the GM's problem. But I'd rather not have this implemented as it's not a good time, as I mentioned before.

[Raikai]

More faces !!!
More afro/Poc oriented hair and features.

They could get away with extra faces if the standalone options (eyes, brows, nose, chin) could have a bigger impact.