It might be a harsh world but it is also a pretty world. Sure, there was destruction and chaos, but that was five years ago. Now what we see are cities rebuilt, standing majestically, and beautiful landscape.
This also extends to the inhabitants; Not one of the pirates have rotten teeth. Not one of the beggars have amputated limbs. You could go the the poorest region of Ul'dah, full of refugees, and all of them look healthy, wearing clean clothes.
My character is supposed to have a pretty large scar across her face, but what they gave us are thin lines that barely qualify as a wound mark. Uther (I hope you don't mind me using you as an example) described the appearance of a messy, tired man, but then I looked at the picture and instead saw this very handsome hunk of a guy with hair befitting of a Korean pop idol. The easiest way to make a "rough" looking character is to make a roegadyn or a highlander, I guess, but even them have perfect skin and shiny hair.
Point is, mmm... I don't know how to convey this adequately... I think that appearance in this game is very superficial in terms of communicating a character's history and a character's relation to the world, as the game itself doesn't fully use visual to depict the intricacies of its setting. Hence how a character looks becomes something of a non-issue to me: they're all pretty-looking people in a pretty-looking world.
This also extends to the inhabitants; Not one of the pirates have rotten teeth. Not one of the beggars have amputated limbs. You could go the the poorest region of Ul'dah, full of refugees, and all of them look healthy, wearing clean clothes.
My character is supposed to have a pretty large scar across her face, but what they gave us are thin lines that barely qualify as a wound mark. Uther (I hope you don't mind me using you as an example) described the appearance of a messy, tired man, but then I looked at the picture and instead saw this very handsome hunk of a guy with hair befitting of a Korean pop idol. The easiest way to make a "rough" looking character is to make a roegadyn or a highlander, I guess, but even them have perfect skin and shiny hair.
Point is, mmm... I don't know how to convey this adequately... I think that appearance in this game is very superficial in terms of communicating a character's history and a character's relation to the world, as the game itself doesn't fully use visual to depict the intricacies of its setting. Hence how a character looks becomes something of a non-issue to me: they're all pretty-looking people in a pretty-looking world.
