please reconsider this character graphical update

[Floortank]

I don't really care about the updated character textures. Would like better UI / glamour/transmog features, crafting without having to remove materials from storage, and other modern gaming features from ten years ago that this game still can't do.

[Cerbolt]

The new character models are cool and all but the grass change makes me so damn happy :')

[van_arn]

I thought we were done with grass texture threads in beta

[Ashliet]

I feel like this thread was only made because op is afraid his PC will burst into flames.

[SigmaOZ]

I hope this Miqo'te doesn't look better because it's barely one month in development. Does no one notice the polygon count is exactly the same?.


There is no improvement to the model and better models are required.


The dev team needs to make the models rounder (smoother) by increasing the polygon count even if they have to emphasize the player character above any other players or NPCs like they've done with shadows in Endwalker.


I don't want blocky knees or thighs anymore, I want round fingers and bare feet also.

[Garruss]

For the game to stay around for another 10 years a graphic update needs to happen, you have to remember the game is now 11 years old. It still looks great of it's age but we need a bit of a face flit in the age of 4k and all that.

[StriderShinryu]

I don't really care about the updated character textures. Would like better UI / glamour/transmog features, crafting without having to remove materials from storage, and other modern gaming features from ten years ago that this game still can't do.

This is my concern as well. A graphical update is well and good, and absolutely needed. But it can just be good vibes obscuring some of the really problematic issues the game has in it's back end. Newer, prettier graphics aren't going to fix an extremely limited glamour system, inventory/database issues, proper housing system updates, etc.

[Strika23]

The new upgrade is much needed, this game hasn't seen an update in character models in almost a decade. I think for a month into it, the models so far look great. They still stay true to the original look of the characters with a more polished/crisp/brightened look. I disagree completely with the OP.

[Shironeko_Narunyan]

I hope this Miqo'te doesn't look better because it's barely one month in development. Does no one notice the polygon count is exactly the same?.


There is no improvement to the model and better models are required.


The dev team needs to make the models rounder (smoother) by increasing the polygon count even if they have to emphasize the player character above any other players or NPCs like they've done with shadows in Endwalker.


I don't want blocky knees or thighs anymore, I want round fingers and bare feet also.

Yeah, the models need an update. Look at female elezen, for example. Not only are they pretty bad proportion-wise, they're also walking triangles with really weird animations. Only male Au'ra run animation is worse (Goofy).

I do hope they don't go the Blizzard way of Disney-fying the characters, but I don't think we're in danger of seeing that happen.

[AziraSyuren]

Another day, another case of someone equating something looking really dated to charm.

Crazy.