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The most disturbing thing about Elins

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  • SageWinduSageWindu High Seat of the Jedi Council ✭✭✭✭✭
    9RA7AY6NK7 wrote: »
    SageWindu wrote: »
    I believe the implication is the alleged lack of creativity - any idiot anyone can slap some cat (or whatever) ears on a girl and call it a day. You can do it, I can do it, I'm sure the OP can do it.

    Uh, obviously anyone can do it... it's called implementing a style.

    Anyone can also stretch a humanoid's ear and call it Elf. Anyone can also add devilish horns on a humanoid's head and call it Castanic. Anyone can also turn a humanoid's body into a big, buffed, rock looking dude and call it Aman.

    Should we assume lack of creativity for those as well?

    Honestly, I have no desire whatsoever to argue the "logic" in this response. If you're looking to pick a fight, you'll have to do so with someone else. Good day, sir/madam.
  • ElinLoveElinLove ✭✭✭✭✭
    Phew I thought it was gonna be a flame bait post again.

    By the way, you can have a total of 6 ears if you use the headbands!

    ...also please Vi stop the elin mount thing, I can't think of anything non bizarre SM play and it's not something I wanna imagine...
  • UnitedStrafesUnitedStrafes ✭✭✭
    Sewer rats need to listen closely for garbage being dumped to eat.
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    but sewer rat have better chance to survive nuclear winter than castanic ;)
  • LesbianViLesbianVi ✭✭✭✭✭
    ElinLove wrote: »
    Phew I thought it was gonna be a flame bait post again.

    By the way, you can have a total of 6 ears if you use the headbands!

    ...also please Vi stop the elin mount thing, I can't think of anything non bizarre SM play and it's not something I wanna imagine...

    I reduced my character seen to 10, so this Elin was coming towards broker in HW, his Mount was not loaded, so it was an Elin flying, was away from Keyboard to screen shot :( lol :p Next time I will so you don't have to imagine.

    PS: Don't shoot meh
  • DeadXDeadX ✭✭✭
    phantazum wrote: »
    Digivolve wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Thats not a style, its literally, lol i dont know lets just give them 4 ears!, because the alternative takes effort.

    So what's the effort-taking creative alternative?

    Figuring how how to handle the sides of their heads. Attractive hair styles for it. How to make it not look weird. Takes much less effort to slap a couple ears there and proceed using common hair knowledge.

    you don't seem to get several things but i'll start with a few. ears = extra poly's which = extra work for the rendering engine. 4 sets more work, 2 sets, less work.

    the humanoid ears clip ANYWAY as doe the animal ears so "doing it for easy hairstyles" never entered into to it since it would be MUCH easier to style hair for NO EARS.

    believe i know, i do cg work...when i do hair it's an enormous pain in the [filtered] styling around or compensating for %($*#^ ears.

    so your laziness BS is just that...though they DID go lazy on another aspect of all character models...the hands. all near enough the same size that they don't look bad with weapons making it easier to set up animations and grips across the races. now you know why elin have humongous man hands.
  • tisnotmetisnotme ✭✭✭✭
    Tewii wrote: »
    Multiple tails when?

    hmmm 9 tail fox girl/elin ???
  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    so is mean elin gunner is Shukaku ?
  • AbaddonAbaddon ✭
    Yichigo wrote: »
    Never in the history of the world has someone removed the human ears to add animal ones on some loli creature. Every hybrid creature has both sets of ears, including mythological creatures and anime characters. Did you even stretch before that reach?

    They're not lolis, but Miqo'te in FFXIV don't have human ears. But they cover that up by having 0 hairstyles that would let you clearly see that they don't have normal ears there.
  • TWMagimayTWMagimay ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 2017
    Abaddon wrote: »
    Yichigo wrote: »
    Never in the history of the world has someone removed the human ears to add animal ones on some loli creature. Every hybrid creature has both sets of ears, including mythological creatures and anime characters. Did you even stretch before that reach?

    They're not lolis, but Miqo'te in FFXIV don't have human ears. But they cover that up by having 0 hairstyles that would let you clearly see that they don't have normal ears there.

    They also cover it up making them furrier than normal which is the only way they can afford to have at least half those hairstyles. They didn't come up with some magical way to cover the ears, they just replaced the ears with more hair.
  • AtreyiAtreyi ✭✭
    Just because you don't understand the Lore of this particular race of the game, or disagree with it due to a personal preference regarding what is aesthetically pleasing, doesn't mean that it's wrong and/or lazy. It's a design concept that stems outside of TERA also, and is accepted by many people, as being entirely reasonable within the world/genre in which it belongs.

    Personally, I wouldn't say that a race with one set of animal ears (or any type of ears) is more unacceptable than a race that has two sets or more. It is what it is, whether it is purely for design, or serves a function to the character. If you don't enjoy it, then don't invest in the premise to such a degree that it affects you on a negative level and gives you cause to put others down for not agreeing with something that has previously been made clear within the Lore of Elins.
  • phantazumphantazum ✭✭
    DeadX wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Digivolve wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Thats not a style, its literally, lol i dont know lets just give them 4 ears!, because the alternative takes effort.

    So what's the effort-taking creative alternative?

    Figuring how how to handle the sides of their heads. Attractive hair styles for it. How to make it not look weird. Takes much less effort to slap a couple ears there and proceed using common hair knowledge.

    you don't seem to get several things but i'll start with a few. ears = extra poly's which = extra work for the rendering engine. 4 sets more work, 2 sets, less work.

    the humanoid ears clip ANYWAY as doe the animal ears so "doing it for easy hairstyles" never entered into to it since it would be MUCH easier to style hair for NO EARS.

    believe i know, i do cg work...when i do hair it's an enormous pain in the [filtered] styling around or compensating for %($*#^ ears.

    so your laziness BS is just that...though they DID go lazy on another aspect of all character models...the hands. all near enough the same size that they don't look bad with weapons making it easier to set up animations and grips across the races. now you know why elin have humongous man hands.

    No, im referring to the additional creativity it takes to made hair that works for a earless head.
  • TWMagimayTWMagimay ✭✭✭✭✭
    phantazum wrote: »
    DeadX wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Digivolve wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Thats not a style, its literally, lol i dont know lets just give them 4 ears!, because the alternative takes effort.

    So what's the effort-taking creative alternative?

    Figuring how how to handle the sides of their heads. Attractive hair styles for it. How to make it not look weird. Takes much less effort to slap a couple ears there and proceed using common hair knowledge.

    you don't seem to get several things but i'll start with a few. ears = extra poly's which = extra work for the rendering engine. 4 sets more work, 2 sets, less work.

    the humanoid ears clip ANYWAY as doe the animal ears so "doing it for easy hairstyles" never entered into to it since it would be MUCH easier to style hair for NO EARS.

    believe i know, i do cg work...when i do hair it's an enormous pain in the [filtered] styling around or compensating for %($*#^ ears.

    so your laziness BS is just that...though they DID go lazy on another aspect of all character models...the hands. all near enough the same size that they don't look bad with weapons making it easier to set up animations and grips across the races. now you know why elin have humongous man hands.

    No, im referring to the additional creativity it takes to made hair that works for a earless head.

    How about you show us some creativity and make 20 different styles without ears and without just replacing the ears with hair.
  • RathgarRathgar ✭✭✭
    I find this thread to be very eary. GIT IT??? TEEHEE
  • phantazumphantazum ✭✭
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    TWMagimay wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    DeadX wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Digivolve wrote: »
    phantazum wrote: »
    Thats not a style, its literally, lol i dont know lets just give them 4 ears!, because the alternative takes effort.

    So what's the effort-taking creative alternative?

    Figuring how how to handle the sides of their heads. Attractive hair styles for it. How to make it not look weird. Takes much less effort to slap a couple ears there and proceed using common hair knowledge.

    you don't seem to get several things but i'll start with a few. ears = extra poly's which = extra work for the rendering engine. 4 sets more work, 2 sets, less work.

    the humanoid ears clip ANYWAY as doe the animal ears so "doing it for easy hairstyles" never entered into to it since it would be MUCH easier to style hair for NO EARS.

    believe i know, i do cg work...when i do hair it's an enormous pain in the [filtered] styling around or compensating for %($*#^ ears.

    so your laziness BS is just that...though they DID go lazy on another aspect of all character models...the hands. all near enough the same size that they don't look bad with weapons making it easier to set up animations and grips across the races. now you know why elin have humongous man hands.

    No, im referring to the additional creativity it takes to made hair that works for a earless head.

    How about you show us some creativity and make 20 different styles without ears and without just replacing the ears with hair.

    Not my job
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