[Dawntrail] Benchmark Graphics Update - Hellsguard Roegadyn (Smudgegate 2024)

Wow, they really lightened the nose on females. I thought mine looked ok? I will say the apparent saturation of black hair and nose definitely changed depending on the lighting (all taken at 0 gamma correction)

https://i.imgur.com/p0JsThU.png
https://i.imgur.com/ZGsTNZt.png
https://i.imgur.com/ib0aqsg.png

I was overall very pleased with the update for my character, but it seems like it was a bit of a dice roll because they did change a lot.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...a0016796fc4cd&
My poor girl without her smudge. Setting aside the darkness, it doesn't even run along the line between her nostrils. Looking very closely at the model as it is in game you can kinda see that it might be exempt, but hardly.

I agree that the nose feature is too light in the benchmark. I'd like to see at least an option to make it darker like it was previously. Mine looks kinda light brown in the benchmark instead of black like it is currently, and I prefer the black as it is in game currently.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...40893d123f8f2&

It's way less noticeable now for mine as well and it's the only real issue I have for Roe's with the graphics update. I'm disappointed since I think it's a very attractive and defining feature for all Hellsguard. I do hope they consider touching it up since with the new lighting it makes it even harder to see mixed with the new mapping on the skin.

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Originally Posted by felixgalaxia

Not happy at all. They took the light out of his eyes, made his eyelashes so long that it looks like guyliner, and changed the color of the scleras. He looks like a totally different man. :(

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My friend also thinks that they added too much eye shadow and mascara around the eyes and that the scleras are too white when face 3 had them reddish
Some pics for comparison:

Old:
https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...3f9e06d98d.jpg

New:
https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...6f7efb007c.png

Hopefully face 3 bros will get their features back :(

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Originally Posted by Allegor

I agree, and it seems most races are having similar issues? what's even the point of having racial features if most of them are being washed out

https://i.imgur.com/GmsHdDp.png

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if you feel like things are looking too washed out, crank down the gamma correction in the benchmark settings

1. A toggle for black nose specific to Roegadyn - could be in the facial features section
2. A toggle for matte/glossy lips for all races, not just Light/Dark

Lips in Endwalker have a shine to them even when in shadow. Lips in Dawntrail only shine in light, and none in shadow. Most of the improvements are good, but some can give you that "not me" feel, such as mouth shape. And of course zoomed out a bit, everything looks fine. The textures are good, scars are improved, the hair got better, increased polygon count on the ears/chin/nose/eyes is good. Areas that could use more work: maintain the original mouth shapes of 6.58 (all races), higher polygon count hair (all races).

https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...357ff1d90e.png https://lds-img.finalfantasyxiv.com/...e766961b61.png

I came to the forums just to talk about this!
My femroe looks pretty good in everything else, but the nose spot really bothers me.

It used to cover more nose surface and it was darker. It gave them a bit of leonine look, and it was a huge charmpoint!


I think the male roes have it slightly better, but I think they both looked better before the update.

The female one is way too light not (and i also think it got too small).
I wish they could at least make it customizeable...

https://i.imgur.com/wmo6fDH.png

As much as I like the other changes, the nerf to the nose smudge kinda ruins it for me. It was the one thing I really, really liked about my Hellsguard. :(

Face 2 looks so much better but the smudge really is way too light.
https://i.imgur.com/AB7jdLM.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/SNGgZhq.jpeg