Graphical Update Thread: Midlander Hyur

I've liked the graphic update so far. Most character look great, but I couldn't avoid and see that Hyur Midlander Face 5 and Face 7 specially make the character look older than it is in the current patch.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/5375893/
I made a imgsli to compare it: https://imgsli.com/MjU1NjA1
https://imgsli.com/MjU1NjEw

I leave this thread open to share your thoughts on the midlander race

Edit: I edited this pic putting face 5 eyes and leaving the stubble for face 7, this is how it works in patch 6.5, face 7 just adds a stubble. https://ibb.co/T1S8wKm https://ibb.co/T1S8wKm

Like with most comparison posts I can see a difference but it just looks like a massive improvement in my opinion.

I will say though that I like that you included a slider to change between the two, it helps to really see the difference so props for that.

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Originally Posted by CVXIV

Like with most comparison posts I can see a difference but it just looks like a massive improvement in my opinion.

I will say though that I like that you included a slider to change between the two, it helps to really see the difference so props for that.

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I just added another sli. Overall I really like it, but preferably I'd prefer if they adjusted the eyebrow lines and not make him look older than it is right now :'(

My problem is that with my Midlander is that they've really diminished the look of my eyebrows and facial hair.

https://imgur.com/a/VYjvbSW

I do use Face 5 and it does look a maybe a little bit older but the eyebrows and facial hair being so different make it hard for me to compare other features.

Here is the imgsli comparison: https://imgsli.com/MjU1NjE2

Posted it on another thread, but I'll drop it here as well. The stubble on face 7 just does not work with light haired characters, now.
https://i.imgur.com/hHC3B5J.png

Even in the benchmark lighting, it's basically non-existent. Seems like they matched the shade closer to your hair color, which just makes it kind of pointless to have unless your character has dark hair. Huge bummer.
https://i.imgur.com/1Wf6doh.png

they took away my cheekbones, I'm genuinely upset about it

I feel like their idea of improving the graphics was just to make everything smoother... and they sacrificed a lot of detail that made the different faces distinct to achieve their goal

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...f1bfecabff6ee&

darker skin does show detail better because of the higher contrast between shadows and highlights, but it's still not enough

also changed the lips because they looked off with the update

edit: I do like the edit with the changes, but he is just not what I wanted my character to look like. Right now I feel the update made him look more feminine/beautiful.

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Originally Posted by Endemerrin

Posted it on another thread, but I'll drop it here as well. The stubble on face 7 just does not work with light haired characters, now.
https://i.imgur.com/hHC3B5J.png

Even in the benchmark lighting, it's basically non-existent. Seems like they matched the shade closer to your hair color, which just makes it kind of pointless to have unless your character has dark hair. Huge bummer.
https://i.imgur.com/1Wf6doh.png

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Yours looks better on the benchmark. Tho, despite I like blonde stubble I don't think they should change that, or at least make the stubble customizable. I just compared face 5 and 7 in-game and face 7 only adds stubble, I don't know why they went with this change in the benchmark. I hope they revert the eye and eyebrows frowny lines.

yeah I also noticed the cheekbones with a face 3 midlander I made once :'<

I feel like I lucked out in that I don't mind face 5 looking a bit older for my guy specifically, and I don't mind his features being softened a little (even though I prefer harsher shading to define things like brows or noses stylistically). I came out more unscathed than my partner who plays as m!elezen. That said, there's still some things about the lighting that are really weird with darker skin tones. of course, it looked better in the trailer than the CC, but even just comparing between the CC....

https://imgur.com/a/DWDbRkR

(in case that link embed doesnt work, here's the image https://imgur.com/a/DWDbRkR )

like, the weird points of light at either side of his lips dont make sense to me, and he is overall a little more grayed out to the point where I'm going to consider taking him a shade darker and seeing if I like that more. (but that doesnt help anyone whose characters are already on the darkest settings they can use)

having seen a lot of other folks' characters now it seems like a lot of the warmth got removed from darker skin tones. like, even the red-aspect of purple-y toned au ra and elezen. its weird.