the difference for me is that skins and accents are just one of many options for customization on FR.... you also have a ridiculous amount of color options, genes, and apparel. FV has painties and costumes - and costumes use entirely different lineart from the base version of each species. so to customize your villagers past the limited base options everyone else has, painties are the only way to go. the whole model feels like it outsources all of the work of customizing to the users, which is kinda lame.

not to mention that whole thing about the new "species" where you can just upload whatever the hell you want, regardless of whether it fits the site style? i don't get the point of that at all... the only thing it does is make the site look super inconsistent art-wise. i personally don't actually mind custom-based petsites, but i don't think they work unless there's a dedicated art team following a style guide, and custom pets aren't the sole option for customization. it already feels kinda like aywas all over again.