Do ARR races need an update?

[Lihtleita]

i would like some emotes updated. female roegadyn dance for instance is kind of pathetic.
a while ago male highlanders got a new /pose because their old one was added as an all races emote, so it can be done

would also be nice if everyone had as many faces as midlanders. fem elezen in particular i feel sorry for

[Kolsykol]

Only animations that I really dislike are the Elezen ones and Male Au'Ra.
The Elezen ones aren't as bad as people say tho imo you do get used to them but I still think they look stiff.
I also think that Elezen should have a larger head, their long necks are fine and makes them more unique than standard elves but their heads are so small compared to their bodies.

Outside of that it's mainly textures of faces which are getting updated.
The old Highlander face I used before is VERY noticeably lower res.
There shouldn't be such a big difference between them.

[Kamatsu]

Did they talk about upping the resolution? # of polygons? in character models?

I ask because if you look at say characters legs, you can see that they are somewhat blocky? out-of-shape? Sorry, not good at descriptions... but they aren't 'rounded' like legs are, and have weird angles on them.

I know we don't zoom into close-up of characters legs/arms/etc that much..., but it still throws me off when it happens. always hoping that they will at some point update it so things aren't as blocky/angled/etc as they are now.

[ElizanderNorisse]

Would be nice if they have given Midlander Hyurs long eyelashes, and eyebrows that are as thick as the
Elezens.

[Larirawiel]

Did they talk about upping the resolution? # of polygons? in character models?

I ask because if you look at say characters legs, you can see that they are somewhat blocky? out-of-shape? Sorry, not good at descriptions... but they aren't 'rounded' like legs are, and have weird angles on them.

I know we don't zoom into close-up of characters legs/arms/etc that much..., but it still throws me off when it happens. always hoping that they will at some point update it so things aren't as blocky/angled/etc as they are now.

The problem is, if you increase the polygon count then you have also to set the minimum requirements for the game higher. More polygons mean more drawcalls and it mean more CPU utilization. Better textures are cheaper than more polygons. But i guess, they will set the minimum requirements higher. Because they want also improve the lighting. And lighting is also more CPU intensive.


Cheers

[Kolsykol]

Did they talk about upping the resolution? # of polygons? in character models?

I ask because if you look at say characters legs, you can see that they are somewhat blocky? out-of-shape? Sorry, not good at descriptions... but they aren't 'rounded' like legs are, and have weird angles on them.

I know we don't zoom into close-up of characters legs/arms/etc that much..., but it still throws me off when it happens. always hoping that they will at some point update it so things aren't as blocky/angled/etc as they are now.

We could definitely do with some better feet lel.

The problem is, if you increase the polygon count then you have also to set the minimum requirements for the game higher. More polygons mean more drawcalls and it mean more CPU utilization. Better textures are cheaper than more polygons. But i guess, they will set the minimum requirements higher. Because they want also improve the lighting. and lighting is also more CPU intensive.


Cheers

I am like 95% sure I remember hearing Yoshi-P saying to expect the min req to go up.

[SturmChurro]

All races need an update really. At this point, I think resources would have been better spent updating the prior races, rather than the limited races we got, when we got them.

We could definitely do with some better feet lel.

God yes, sandals and anything else like that look awful. I do typically use the Endless Summer Sandals, but those, at least, hide it fairly well.

[Raikai]

The graphic update, so far, is making things we already have better, like textures and lightning, which can make a huge difference at the end of the day... I don't know if they have the models (3D meshes) on the scope just yet, but maybe?

One thing that is defnitely due, in tandem with a graphic update, is an improvement to the character customization. Just he fact that to get a stubble, midlander males had to have the face 5 copypasted with that as a permanent texture feature instead of an option (like in every other mmorpgs in existence) just attests to how limited they are with the current system. It seems like some character features have "set slots" in the code, so to get that stubble, something would have to be removed currently.

Which is really odd because other features like hairstyles and face paint have updates every now and then without consequence, but perhaps those areas were created with being expanded in mind, so there's that.

[galaxy1020]

Yes please

[Listrella]

well we are getting a graphical update in 7.0, that should fix things up.