I can’t ignore this anymore! Something should be done about it!

[Pomp]

Everyone in that OP is a creepy mofo, who needs to watch less anime.

[Orophin]

That doesn't excuse the fact that SE screwed up the models, and gave us a pretty lame reason as to why they did it.

It's not a lame reason, it's just one you're unwilling to accept. Face it, they did what they did because of PS3 limitations.

I want my character to look at least like a girl if I made it a girl. Once it has been seen, it can not be unseen. It's very unsettling.

I've seen plenty of girls with asses flat as cardboard. I don't know if this represents any sort of majority in females though.

(Now I want to go find some study on this)

[Liavain_Axon]

Hello,

First off, apologies for the delay in responding about this topic. Below is a response from the lead designer himself, Takeo Suzuki.
As a result of thinking about what could be done to fulfill the above objectives all while converting everything over and optimizing all the data by completely remaking the graphics engine, we decided to reduce the cost by simplifying items that were too complex when making them. One aspect of this was the graphical display of waist equipment.

Actually, this does not appear to be a valid response. For one, it only speaks of the waist slot not being visible. That is NOT what we are asking for. We asked for the shape of the behind on Mi'quote to be returned to shapely. Similar to the other female races.

[AeriaKaiser]

I'm saddened by Takeo Suzuki's response.

I'll be the first to admit I didn't expect the "customizable body shape/butt slider" idea to actually get implemented because the difficulty of doing so could be heightened by previous commitments made by the development team. However, I mentally scaled any cons back when considering how the development team has been listening to and planning for suggestions for other types of issues and features. I also feel Japanese culture tends to pay attention to details particularly those surrounding the customization of the representative image of the player. So, yeah, I am sad I cannot fully mold and shape my character into what I'd like her to be.

It's hard to please everyone, and despite my frowny face I'm still very thankful for what features the development team has released thus far. This is just going to be one of those "wake up" moments where we have to realized they're not developing a game for me or you, but for us.

[Loony_BoB]

Hello,
Lead designer Takeo Suzuki here.

butts butts butts

I'm sorry, this is all I can read from the Dev post. xD Oh, SE, I <3 you sometimes.

[Kalamari]

Hello,

First off, apologies for the delay in responding about this topic. Below is a response from the lead designer himself, Takeo Suzuki.

That is insane.. female Miqo'te can't have nice bums because of male Miqo'te and female roes? That makes no sense at all.. were they all congealed and shaped from the severed rumps of female Miqo'te? WHAT waist equipment are you talking about? NONE of the belts show up on your character in-game, what kind of excuse is that?

Every piece of armor in game has been designed in such a way as to be able to accommodate with any butt size, in fact many of the late game armors have wide kilt-like elements to them at the waist, as if to fit around large trunks.

It was completely uncalled for to amputate all the asses.

[Jynx]

That makes no sense at all..

Of course it does, if character models have similar shapes then they can just copy/paste the art instead of needing to retool it for every race. This is why I said in Beta it was a bad idea to pine for more and more and more and more new races.

The more you have the more work it is to keep up the same standard of quality so they will cut where they can to prevent them from actually increasing their workload when their goal is to be streamlining.

[Holliday]

In regards to everything I happen to have read in this thread, all I will say is that:

a) I miss waist equipment being displayed, no joke. Really added that something extra that pulled a whole look together sometimes.
2) We never had asses to begin with, and as such I never noticed that they somehow got smaller. Either way, it feels like a crime that what little we had has been reduced further. I'm still of the mind that they should've given us a butt slider to go with the bust slider...
d) WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WHIMSICALLY FLAILING MIQO'TE TAIL WHILE RIDING A CHOCOBO??? That shit was mesmerizing and I want it back.

[Kikosho]

Of course it does, if character models have similar shapes then they can just copy/paste the art instead of needing to retool it for every race. This is why I said in Beta it was a bad idea to pine for more and more and more and more new races.

The more you have the more work it is to keep up the same standard of quality so they will cut where they can to prevent them from actually increasing their workload when their goal is to be streamlining.

You'd have a point if the Bust Slider didn't exist and equipment didn't already form fit to your character model.

The explanation really went on a tangent though and while I understand some of their reasoning, it doesn't hold up. Not to mention XIV's competition has no issues with this.

[AzuraWinters]

This should be changed in a future update. I think I rather have a natural looking character than having a lot of different gears to choose from. What's the point of having so many different gears if they aren't going to look good. First correct FF14 chars, and then make more gears.

Also, how come having a natural-same-size behind was a big problem for the gears, but having different sized boobs is not a problem?

Even though the lead of the design team said I they wouldn't change this, I'm expecting them to change their minds and change this.