Other Changes in this Preview: In Progress Half Elf Cosmetic Revamp

[niknight]

Color me pleasantly surprised.
Surprised because I thought this had been forgotten? back-burnered indefinitely? Pleasantly because I think you guys did a great job.

I only checked out half-elf female character creation because I only play female characters but a couple of small things I noticed:

• There was NO lip option with a slight smile, upward curve to the corners of the mouth. I noticed because that is always the option I choose if its there.
• There were NO earring options in Facial Details
• Needs a few elven hair color options, obviously not the full spread but at least 5 would be appreciated.
• A couple elven hairstyles need to be included if possible.

That is all. All in all I greatly appreciate that this race finally lives up to the original expectations of a beautiful human + elven blend.

Agree with everything listed here, but I wanted to add in that some of the mouth options give this weird Habsburg'ish look to the chin. Reducing the darkness of the mouth/chin lines would go a long way towards helping that.

[ideal_insomnia]

Same issue as Wood Elves: they look like expressionless humans with big ears. Still an improvement because old Half Elves were so ugly, but I sure hope this update will never be applied to ordinary Elves and Drow.

[QuantumFX]

Can we get a fix on PDK next? I dont want my PDK to look like a gorilla anymore......

Make them look like Colossus in the Deadpool movies.

[Kalari]

Is there any chance that you guys might add more skintones for the half-elf? The variation between "Me, shirtless white" and "Me, on the farmer's tan portion of my arms white" doesn't really make sense considering that humans have way more skintone variance, and the existence of Half-drow has no mechanical difference in D&D 3.5. It would also be a nice perk for BIPOC players who would like to see their half-elf variant.

To piggy back on this since Quantum is a guildy who got to hear my rant about this. I went to test make a half elf in preparation for my next life. I tend to try to make characters that reflex how I feel id look in fantasy mode. And sadly game representation often fails folks of my skin tone. This isnt to get into a back and forth. I just know one of the things I love about DDO is making characters that help me feel seen, and there are still not many games that allow me to do that. So its always appreciated when game developers keep that in mind with customization. I know for some its a non issue because the default tends to look like you. But some of us get a bit of happy seeing characters we can say represent what we see in the mirror every day.

k back to the shadows to lurk.

[Arkai]

Quick question... Are we getting new hairstyles with half elf? Thanks!