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(12-21-2014, 04:08 PM)Ashren Snow Wrote:(12-21-2014, 03:52 PM)Naunet Wrote:How does something not suiting your personal tastes = SE being lazy?(12-21-2014, 03:29 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote:(12-21-2014, 03:00 PM)Ashren Snow Wrote: I don't understand how anyone who has paid even an ounce of attention to the storyline could have been at all surprised by the size/body type of the Au Ra females. Yugiri has been in the game since, what, 2.1 or 2.2? We all knew she was going to be the new race, so it wasn't like it was a big surprise when it was announced. The only speculation was whether she had ears or horns (which we now know were horns), and just by looking at her you could easily see that her size is roughly between the average Miqo'te Female and the average Midlander Female, making them rather petite and slender in frame.It being foreshadowed only makes it even more disappointing.
Anyone who expected Roegadyn Females with horns needs to get their head out of their ass and pay more attention, at BEST we would have just got both genders being tiny. I'd much rather have it this way.
Pretty much this. That SE's laziness was predictable doesn't disqualify dissatisfaction.
The size difference doesn't personally bother me, but let's be honest here: I don't even see why Yugiri went out of her way to cover up her face at all when she basically is a midlander woman with horns and a tail.
The design is lazy because unlike the male characters which have large horns, more obvious scales, and an overall silhouette that can easily distinguish them from the other races - the female characters straight up look like midlander hyur women with the tiniest possible horns and tail. In some cases, I couldn't distinguish between the horns and their hair. They're that small.
It would have been nicer if the females had more going for them to link them to the males. It doesn't have to be size. It could have been horns more similar to what the guys have or just more visible horns instead of ones that practically vanish into the hair. (I haven't played TERA ever, but female Castanics have pretty damn visible horns. It would have been nice to have that.) It could have also been a face shape or facial features that distinguish them more from the midlander hyur.
And yes, they could have been a little more toned - not so much where Yugiri would no longer make sense, but she was covering up so much of her body that SE could have easily gotten away with making the women a lot more toned and muscular under there to match the guys instead of making them like midders and miqo'te.