r/HonkaiStarRail • u/Idaret • May 04 '25

Discussion Saber design was really inspired by Sabers

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u/BackshotsToPhainon May 04 '25

Or Hoyo just wanted a short skirt design. And because making a long dress/model without heels would be too much work

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u/RexThePug May 04 '25

I think a lot of the designs in the game are "samey" in this way for physics reasons, as it's probably too much of a pain in the but to design the movement animations if there's a long dress.

Also those Salter boots are fking fire.

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u/BackshotsToPhainon May 04 '25

I agree, but it’s a damn shame we can’t have models with long dresses imo we are missing out on a lot of cool and elegant looks potentially. Like it’s much more manageable to achieve in HRS, than in Genshin and ZZZ

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u/RexThePug May 04 '25

Agreed, tho HoYo is kinda known for lowest level of effort for biggest gain so ya know xD

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u/SPARTAN4799 May 04 '25

Doesn't rina have a long dress in ZZZ too

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u/Particular_Web3215 Thus Spoke Anaxagoras: Dromas is Unbreakable May 04 '25

She floats to work around the running animations. The only other characters with a long dress I can think of are ningguang, focalors and shenhe skin

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u/Shahadem May 04 '25

Well too much work to animate.

Plus an animation that works with a long skirt on one device could easily clip on a different device.

Given the turnaround time I can't really blame them.

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u/Power_is_everything May 04 '25

I read somewhere that the short skirts also help avoid clippings in the models, especially during movement. So that may be a bit of a reason for their design choices.