Ergonomics of Argonian (and Khajiit) furniture

Alphawolf01A

I recently watched a YouTube video showcasing the new furnishings found on the PTS. (Not datamined). There are a couple Stonenest Argonian seats that look like stone lazyboys. Problem is, there is no place for their tails!
Any species with a tail the size of your leg, sticking out your backside, would design the chairs to accommodate said tail.
This has been a bit of a pet peeve of mine for years, and seems like a bit of an oversight on the devs part. Not trying to give anybody a hard time, this game is loaded with little details that always impress me. Just, someone didn't think it through all the way.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

This is why a lot of the chairs in my Embassy are backless. 👀

katanagirl1

The chairs that do accommodate tails often look incredibly hard and uncomfortable for bony Khajiit behinds too, I am thinking of the Elsweyr ones. I don’t think I have ever crafted one.

zaria

katanagirl1 wrote: »

The chairs that do accommodate tails often look incredibly hard and uncomfortable for bony Khajiit behinds too, I am thinking of the Elsweyr ones. I don’t think I have ever crafted one.

Agree most of the sofas are not padded, but they have a tail hole.
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Elsweyr_Furnishings
Now Oblivion solves this much more elegant, but don't think would work as well for argonian.
https://i.imgur.com/Swa8cta.jpeg

Now this is an argonian chair
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Argonian_Chair,_Woven
I see a problem here

katanagirl1

zaria wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

The chairs that do accommodate tails often look incredibly hard and uncomfortable for bony Khajiit behinds too, I am thinking of the Elsweyr ones. I don’t think I have ever crafted one.

Agree most of the sofas are not padded, but they have a tail hole.
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Elsweyr_Furnishings
Now Oblivion solves this much more elegant, but don't think would work as well for argonian.
https://i.imgur.com/Swa8cta.jpeg

Now this is an argonian chair
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Argonian_Chair,_Woven
I see a problem here

I guess they have to sit sideways, lol.

ArchMikem

They'd probably just say they curl their tails around to their front, even if they sitting animation doesn't show that.

But it is disheartening the Art team wouldn't take this into account.

Alphawolf01A

I know real world cats can do that, but their tails are thinner and more flexible. But, if you look at something like a crocodile or alligator, the tail is too thick, especially at the base, to curl around. More muscle mass, les flexibility. Ex. Look at the run animations for khajiit compared to argonians. Pretty close to real world analogs.

Gabriel_H

Most sitting furniture looks weird (from the side) when a non-tailed sits down. They sit way too far forward.

zaria

ArchMikem wrote: »

They'd probably just say they curl their tails around to their front, even if they sitting animation doesn't show that.

But it is disheartening the Art team wouldn't take this into account.

Yes, like the khajiit does in Oblivion as seen above also not unlike how real cat do it.

Imagine an argonian tail being stiffer as is much thicker.

whitecrow

Please allow Khajiit to sit in boxes.

zaria

whitecrow wrote: »

Please allow Khajiit to sit in boxes.

https://www.deviantart.com/isriana/art/TESO-If-It-Fits-This-One-Sits-743774587
She has lots of other nice ESO related art.
https://www.deviantart.com/isriana/gallery/48435821/the-elder-scrolls-online
My favorite
https://www.deviantart.com/isriana/art/TESO-Keeps-Getting-Worse-445791458