Hair in Andromeda

I would be fine with Miranda or Ashley hair. I don't need Lady Godiva options, but there needs to be more than shaved, partly shaved, and short.

I think the hair has to fit with the character's backstory.

If we're playing as a character who is one part astronaut and one part Marine, they probably shouldn't look like the character has a professional stylist on staff in the ship. A lot of those hairstyles look like something you'd expect from a model or actress doing a covershoot for a magazine, not from someone who wears a helmet for a living.

I'd like to see Bioware step up it's game with characters' hair, but they also shouldn't overdo it and have all the options turn the character into a glamazon. The hair styles should look simple and basic, and not overly styled, to fit Ryder's background.

I agree with others who said maybe 10 (if that) options out of those modded hairs are ones I would consider using - too many get into 'beauty pageant contestant' territory for my tastes. In ME3, the only modded hairs I used were one that allowed me to use default femShep's hair and Ashley's hairstyle. Like, when I say I want longer options, I don't mean long flowing curls - just something that maybe hits the shoulders like Diana Allers or Miranda. And more cute short cuts would be good too. Not the 'my mom wouldn't even wear her hair like that' choices we got in the trilogy. Here's some advice Bioware. Go to Google images and type in 'short haircuts women.' Now, try to curb the impulse of choosing the ones on women over the age of fifty or that one resembling your soccer mom neighbor's, and voila! Inspiration for a whole bunch of female hairstyles we won't totally hate

And I'm going to repeat what many others in this thread regarding NPC only styles. Please just don't. It's great that you want that companion or important NPC to look unique, but, I kinda wouldn't mind my PC looking unique too, you know? Barring that, I really don't mind if I have the same hairstyle as say, Kelly Chambers. I mean, it's really no weirder than me having the same hairstyle as minor quest NPCs #1 and #4, and ambient NPCs #3, #7, and #9.

Since they are bringing in some longer hairstyles with some physics (i.e. moving ponytails), I would like to have an option to set both a "working hairstyle" (that is tied back in a practial way for being under a helmet) and a different "casual dress hairstyle" (that can fall on the shoulders or be tied up in a more elaborate way)... much like we have armor and casual dress for the PC in ME3. I don't really like the idea of having the PC dolled up like a "Dolly Parton" while in armor.

I would also like the ability to revisit the CC at points during the game to change and/or tweak the PCs appearance. It may not be totally "realistic"; but I really hated having to start the ME games over when I found I just really didn't like my PC's mouth or nose.

Expanding my wish list - I would also like NPCs with longer hair to also change their dress and hairstyles between working and casual situations. Now that we have some physics, I'm hoping that loose hair will fall more appropriately. That is, I liked Ashley military bun in ME1, but I was disappointed when she couldn't "let her hair down" during the romance cutscene. However, having parts of it "glued in the air" like when she was in the hospital bed in ME3 would have bothered me more than being stuck with the military bun did. I also feel that alien squad mates should have both a casual dress and armor... and not be stuck wearing their armor at all times both on and off duty.

Well, this is a popular thread. See you're all getting stuck into the important issues.

Ah, the hell with it, I'll pitch in.

I agree with those that said most of those pictured above would be far too glam for most of the game. However, it could be quite cool if you could have a few different styles available for the length you set in character creation. So on missions you go for simple tied back, mooching round the Nexus maybe let it down and if you have to go somewhere fancy treat yourself to a bit of a do. Basically just set the style in the "casual" tab of you wardrobe and perhaps have another tab for "dressy".

yeah they did in fact in the latest trailer explain that Ryder is a pathfinder which is basically part scientist/explorer part diplomat part military. Kind of like what Captain Picard is in a sense in Star Trek TNG but only younger as Ryder's supposed to be early in their career trying to make a name for themselves in the business. Ryder's main task in the story I believe is to try to find humanity a new homeworld within the Andromeda galaxy and moer specifically within the Helios cluster which is where this game takes place in. But yeah Shepard was strictly a military officer in command of a military ship. Whilst like Shepard Ryder does have their own ship in this game (the Tempest) and the Nomad (which is kind of a new Mako esque land vehicle) the similarities between Shepard and Ryder kind of stop there. Ryder is more a person that has military training so they can deal with hostile situations if it's required but they're not strictly military so yeah the rules regarding hair and stuiff willllikely be relaxed a bit and as I asid in my previous postAshley can get away with it being  and she like Shep was strictly military so why shouldn't Ryder be allowed within reason?

I'd imagine they've pretty much programmed all the hairstyles in for this game now so it's just a case of seeing what they've done when the game comes out although I have to admit I wouldn't mind seeing some of the CC potions but I doubt we will until the game comes out.

We know that we're faring slightly better than that, given that we've seen Scott's default hairstyle. I guess you might be assuming that he's not born of the character-creator? Given the style of his and Sara's look, and the way DAI was handled, I don't believe that they feature special, high-quality textures like Sheploo did. I think that just might be the CC-born defaults.

I do agree that the hair probably won't be all they impressive. I think it will be better than BioWare's usual standard, but nothing special, and likely still very plasticky in appearance. I hope we are both wrong, and decent, varied styles rule the day.

Ahaha! yes, some of the fun was (for me) give a strange hairstyle to my Arisen or Pawn. My favourite Pawn was basically Obelix! big belly, tall, mustache, and red cute braids!!! My only regret id that I never made a pick of him! 

My last Pawn was basically Sten -grey skin, white hair, violet eyes- and my Arisen was a small female Squall! A pity the game was a little too hard for me, but archery and CC are top in that game!!!

well 4-6 would still be a step up on DAI I on;ly found I think 2 that I liked that much even Shep's hairstyles were bette and in that game there are only about 6 to pick from. Still I'm more optimistic for this game especiall ygiven we aren't playing any other races s oit gives them a better chance to fine tune the CC better around humans and give us better options all round.

Really hope Andromeda doesn't come down with a case of Inquisition Hair. Seriously, why did DAI have like 12 different variations of "Shaved head"? Hopefully MEA has some better looking/more interesting options.

I mean, I'm all for more options and I respect the amount of work that must have gone into making these, but there isn't a single one in here that I would even consider using. If this is reflective of the hair mods out there for ME3, I'm glad I never bothered to look into them.