Alright *cracks knuckles*. Liamont summoned me to share my opinions, so here we go!

Please skip if you’re not in the mood for a nit-picky rant from an elezen appreciator with far too many elezen characters, and thus a lot of gripes with the different ways in which this graphical upgrade has treated her many different little ducklings!

Lots of things to like about the graphical update, but I’m also of the opinion that if you truly like a person, then you’ll tell them when they're off to give a presentation with spinach between their teeth, and so - while some of this might seem nit-picky - I find it important that we do mention our concerns. Especially when the team clearly went above and beyond here in an effort to make everyone happy!

Sure, some of this is a matter of taste, and what cripples one character might be experienced as a massive upgrade for another character, so don’t take this as a ‘this is objectively wrong-list. It’s just what has personally made me frown at the screen in annoyance.

There are many great concerns already raised with lighting and traits and hair and eyes and eyebrows, so I’ll start my focus on the lips, then!

In an effort to make the lips feel… distinct(?), I guess, they’ve added a small beam of light along the upper lip. To emphasis the curve of the skin connecting to the upper lip, I suppose? However, it does run the risk of becoming a bit of a milk moustache/down thing instead.


It obviously doesn’t show up under all lights (Limsan light doesn’t give it, whereas Gridania and indoor lighting is super-bad), but it’s something that personally I’d get so fed up with that I’d just pick hues where it wasn’t that noticeable. Some people might love this change, but personally, it’s not for me.

(post 1/2, because I'm longwinded.)