Idea to add an ear toggle for some of the other races.

[Eloah]

So with the new glamour unlocks, we now have a wider variety of pieces we can use between jobs. So I decided to try and make a Reaper glam, with the level 90 Botanist set. And while I liked the hood, I decided to try on others to see if I liked another better, and boy was I in for a shock. I tried on several hoods, and some decided to give me, a lalafell, the extra ear protrusions. And which hood gave me them and which didn't was really inconsistent.

I designed my character with more standard, smaller ears, so the protrusions, I get on some gear, make me cringe. Not all; some of the protrusions look nice and add some flare for the race, but others are just obscene; in my opinion. It's not only the protrusions, sometimes the headpiece is missing some parts around where the ears would be to accommodate ears of a certain length. Like the new Monster Hunter hood having holes in it.

This isn't bad, per se, but I wish I had the option to forego the extra protrusions. And that made me think of the recent addition for Viera, where they have a toggle to hide their ears or not. Adding a toggle for some of the other races with unique ears would be a nice quality of life feature. I know Miqo'te have a similar thing with some hats having ear protrusions and others not. So maybe some of those players would like that as well. Maybe even a toggle for tails too. Any thoughts on this?

[Aidorouge]

I hate losing my ears and I hate ear pockets even more.

Naturally, the majority of head gear does one or the other on Miqo'te, so I tend to avoid most head pieces in the game beyond flowers, circlets, goggles, and glasses. And even then I have to be mindful of the goggles and glasses that are designed with the assumption one has ears on the side of their head. (Floating eye pieces are GRAAAGH.)

[Aco505]

I'd rather we had head pieces with holes that allowed the ears to poke through instead of the outright clipping viera got. I don't mind ear socks on the pieces that make sense, or at least a toggle for them.

But yeah, this issue of designing gear without all races in mind is not it.

[Eloah]

I hate losing my ears and I hate ear pockets even more.

Naturally, the majority of head gear does one or the other on Miqo'te, so I tend to avoid most head pieces in the game beyond flowers, circlets, goggles, and glasses. And even then I have to be mindful of the goggles and glasses that are designed with the assumption one has ears on the side of their head. (Floating eye pieces are GRAAAGH.)

To be fair, glasses aren't designed for ears, they are designed around them. Glasses are designed for your nose and the size of your head. Ears help, but aren't that prevalent for the usage.

I'd rather we had head pieces with holes that allowed the ears to poke through instead of the outright clipping viera got. I don't mind ear socks on the pieces that make sense, or at least a toggle for them.

But yeah, this issue of designing gear without all races in mind is not it.

That's basically it. I'd love a toggle system for these kinds of things. Sometimes you want race specific stuff, othertimes not. I wish we had a choice.

[Seraph_Variel]

God I wish I could get rid of knife-ear headpieces for Elezen. I have really short, rounded ears (Or as best as I can get, anyways) and it bothers me any time I wear a full helmet or such because suddenly it's like I have antennas sticking out the side of my head.

[Lukha]

Add another vote to 'why can't we just have ear holes?'
I'd like tail holes, too, even though male Miqo'te hold their tails at a weird angle so even with the few pieces of ARR gear that actually had tail holes my tail always clips a couple of ilms to the left. Odd design choice, that.

And even then I have to be mindful of the goggles and glasses that are designed with the assumption one has ears on the side of their head. (Floating eye pieces are GRAAAGH.)

As long as the ends disappear into my hair I can live with the assumption that they clip into the hair because actually having them loop aaaaaall the way up to my actual ears would be impractical.