Guild Wars 2

I’ve spent the last week going back and forth through all sorts of different looks for a sylvari, but it always comes down to the hair styles. They are so… badly made. Every single one bar the pony tail clips inside my face and makes me look horrible. It makes me feel that my sylvari is just something to look at and never actually… move.
Is anyone else as peeved by the clipping issues as I am?

it’s not just the clipping that gets me, with sylvari. it’s everything about their hair — let me see if i can explain why.

think of weeping willows, with their long, slender, graceful fronds. think of the mighty oak, with its gorgeous clusters of leaves all moving in the wind. think of a bay tree, the leaves somewhat tightly packed near each other … but still able to MOVE when the wind moves them.

sylvair hair looks like giant leaves that have been shellacked in place. there’s no real movement, no grace, with the hairstyles. sylvari hair just kinda sits on their heads.

i was SO excited, before launch — i wanted to play a sylvari SO much! the creation, the lore, everything about them was just so much to fall in love with! sadly? i can’t stand to play them, because 1) there are simply not enough hair styles and 2) the hair that exists has no movement, no grace to it.

i’ve seen what you’ve done with the other races’ hair — heck, i can even, in certain positions/lighting, see the 2d objects and the layering used to create the sense of fullness and movement. i don’t understand why this was unobtainable for the sylvari, but if i could have any one thing, it would be for you to go back to the drawing board with their hair. no, it’s not something i can get past — if i don’t like a character, everything about it, i won’t play it. and the lack of styles, and the lack of grace and movement in the hairstyles, at this time prohibits my ability to enjoy playing this unique race.