[Graphical Update Feedback] Eyes and Limbal Rings on Au ra

Just wanted to chime in to say I love a prominent glowy limbal ring! I really hope the devs will consider making it some type of slider that adjusts the intensity of the glow so all players can customize to their preference.

For me personally a bright limbal ring is a big part of my wol’s charm and I would be sad to see it go. It feels like such a unique trait for the au ra.

I'm looking forward to the limbal rings not looking like they were drawn on with a marker, personally! I can see the appeal of it, but man am I excited for them to look like they belong on an eye, I do agree that its a bit weird how the color seems to be changing in appearance quite a bit though, that could use some work. Overall though, Auras are making out like bandits here, between the rings and their scales.

While the overall graphics upgrade looks really nice to me, I hope that there will be an option to toggle Limbal Rings or perhaps a slider to adjust their brightness/intensity. As a person with a handful of Au Ra characters with very glowy limbals, I feel like their appearance would lose a lot of its personality were they to be as toned down as in the recent pictures.

Signed up for the forums just to add to the chorus - I hope the limbal rings remain as bright and vibrant as they are now. Some players use it to make their Au Ra look intimidating, and some make it more of an ethereal trait, or let it blend in completely by selecting the same-ish color, but letting them be vibrant provides a few options that dimming them does not. It's a neat trait that's unique to Au Ra too. I even know a player who selected Au Ra as his race when he started just because of how cool he thought the limbal rings were! I hope the vibrancy doesn't go away. That's all I have to say.

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Originally Posted by SchwarzwaelderTorte

Limbal rings feel like a unique trait of the Au ras, and the way they were contrasting so much against their irises really gave them an otherworldly look that I think many of us enjoy as it is currently, especially when they give the impression of glowing in the dark.

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Yes! While my main au ra doesn't have limbal rings, I have an alt one that does and the way the limbal rings glow is so pretty. She wouldn't feel the same iif the limbal r ings suddenly became flat and dull. While the update where it's dulled a bit doesn't look bad, it really does feel like it takes away the uniqueness of the trait and I don't think it will be as noticeable on au ra as it currently is, which makes me sad. I really hope they decide to keep the limbal rings as they currently are. The other changes to au ra are fine; I like that the scales will look less waxy and I feel like they'll be a little ore pronounced and feel more natural.

But the limbal rings? The limbal rings deserve to be bright.

At least give us a light/dark toggle like we have for lip color!

Edit: Just wanted to say that I signed up for the forums JUST to chime in with my feedback, because this IS a concerning issue, as it will drastically change the way au ra with the beautiful, bright, glowy limbal rings look.

My feedback here is specifically regarding Au Ra. Everything else I'm excited for or okay with, but I'm highly concerned about the proposed changes to Au Ra.

First off, I love the scale work that has been done. The new scales are beautiful- although I hope to see Xaela scales at the next Fanfest!
The limbal rings, though. Those concern me. I would like for the devs to support multiple options for limbal rings for Au Ra- either a glow toggle, or similarly to how lipstick and face paints work, having a bright/subtle colorset for rings.

I feel like the proposed more subtle limbal rings and the changes to the textures and materials for the new faces has overall made the Au Ra face a little more "human-like" than they were before, and part of what draws me to Au Ra are the parts that are less human-ish, and the limbal rings and prominent septum are a huge part of that.

I also joined up today to add to those asking for the sharp limbal rings to remain--either outright staying, or perhaps having an option to choose between how they are represented now and the dimmer version we have been shown this weekend. I think I enjoy both in all honesty (I don't play one so this is entirely an outside opinion), but I 100% agree that it is something very, very unique to the Au Ra and is something that a player should be able to pick themselves.

I agree with the above. I have an Au Ra character where I purposefully used black irises and white limbal rings for a unique effect, and if it's faded and no longer looks like it's glowing it will be such a shame. Perhaps there could be an option for a 'bright' or 'faded' effect, similar to how makeup can be togged back and forth in the character creator?

I'm a fan of the new limbal rings, but my character also doesn't have very bright ones. I do have concerns about how it will effect characters who do have a strong contrast between their limbal ring color and their main eye color, because it may effect the overall characters appearance too much. A toggleable option would be a nice compromise for people who want the old style but I don't know if that's even in the realm of possibility within the games programming...

I currently use the 2nd darkest color option for limbal rings, and depending on the lighting they still glow just as bright as the lighter colors. I used to use a very light color on my character before opting to darken it because I liked the appearance more... If anything if they're able to make the darker colors actually look dark and the lighter colors look light, I think that would please more people.

Keep the glow! I don't have an au ra character, but the glow has always been one of the cooler and unique things about them. It'd be like taking the cat eyes away from sun cats.