Character graphical changes are NOT in an acceptable state, please make it optional

[Evo1171]

I don't think there's a world where this is even remotely close, every single feature on the face is different, and it also looks like she was deaged about 15 years.

It's not even that it looks neccessarily bad but that's not my character.

[Ath192]

I don't think there's a world where this is even remotely close, every single feature on the face is different, and it also looks like she was deaged about 15 years.

It's not even that it looks neccessarily bad but that's not my character.

I am genuinely struggling to tell the difference. Not to be dismissive of your opinion but provide perspective from a third party observation point. I think a lot of times we obsess over extremely minute details others can't perceive or notice and think everyone notices. So I'm just letting you know, in my world at least, that looks like the same cat. Just a bit more HD.

[NanaWiloh]

I am genuinely struggling to tell the difference. Not to be dismissive of your opinion but provide perspective from a third party observation point. I think a lot of times we obsess over extremely minute details others can't perceive or notice and think everyone notices. So I'm just letting you know, in my world at least, that looks like the same cat. Just a bit more HD.

I see it but I am a retro gamer so the issues in the old one stick out like sore blood covered thumb. Play the original Mario bros cart on a 1080p tv for a hour or two then look at her pics, problems will pop out like daises lol

[LuciaMirain]

I don't think there's a world where this is even remotely close, every single feature on the face is different, and it also looks like she was deaged about 15 years.

It's not even that it looks neccessarily bad but that's not my character.

Yeah your current character looks like "normal" and the benchmark version looks like her when she was 10yo. She is definitely cute but I wouldnt want the character below to go fight monsters... :P

[4clubbedace]

I don't think there's a world where this is even remotely close, every single feature on the face is different, and it also looks like she was deaged about 15 years.

It's not even that it looks neccessarily bad but that's not my character.

you posted the same pic twice

[Endver]

I don't think there's a world where this is even remotely close, every single feature on the face is different, and it also looks like she was deaged about 15 years.

It's not even that it looks neccessarily bad but that's not my character.

I understand the difference because I have a character close to that. As for the answers where people can't tell the difference, keep in mind that we all have different characters, and the changes that were made to YOURS will always seem heavier than to other characters. After years of playtime, you need to know every detail of your character's face, and that's why for us, this face and these eyes are so different. On other posts I also took screenshots for comparison. You can see the big differences with these if you choose the Gridania preset (in CC). But let me post these screens so maybe you all can understand what's wrong. Please look at the eye shape at the top, right corner:

[CidHeiral]

I understand the difference because I have a character close to that. As for the answers where people can't tell the difference, keep in mind that we all have different characters, and the changes that were made to YOURS will always seem heavier than to other characters. After years of playtime, you need to know every detail of your character's face, and that's why for us, this face and these eyes are so different. On other posts I also took screenshots for comparison. You can see the big differences with these if you choose the Gridania preset (in CC). But let me post these screens so maybe you all can understand what's wrong. Please look at the eye shape at the top, right corner:

I was struggling to see the difference as well so out of curiosity I took those images and made them into a gif.



Seeing them on top of the each other it looks like the eye itself is pretty much identical. The eyelash is a bit thicker and the outside upper right corner of the skin surrounding the eye is pointed slightly lower than it was before.

The OP calling that "not remotely close" to the original seems like a stretch but everyone is free to draw their own conclusions.

[TheDruidOcelot]

I was struggling to see the difference as well so out of curiosity I took those images and made them into a gif.



Seeing them on top of the each other it looks like the eye itself is pretty much identical. The eyelash is a bit thicker and the outside upper right corner of the skin surrounding the eye is pointed slightly lower than it was before.

The OP calling that "not remotely close" to the original seems like a stretch but everyone is free to draw their own conclusions.

the new one the outer corner of the eye is lower (easy to tell looking at the space between the eyelashes and actual eyeball), and the inner corner is much more pointed and less rounded, and quite a bit shorter, and the actual eye is more open, leading it to look significantly larger and ovoid, if you aren't used to looking at the same character day in and day out, it might be harder to notice, but its not an "insignificant" change, because it affects the "mood" of the face, larger, more egg-shaped eyes give a different feeling than narrower sharper eyes.

[Endver]

the new one the outer corner of the eye is lower (easy to tell looking at the space between the eyelashes and actual eyeball), and the inner corner is much more pointed and less rounded, and quite a bit shorter, and the actual eye is more open, leading it to look significantly larger and ovoid, if you aren't used to looking at the same character day in and day out, it might be harder to notice, but its not an "insignificant" change, because it affects the "mood" of the face, larger, more egg-shaped eyes give a different feeling than narrower sharper eyes.

Yes, absolutely. For me, nothing has ever been more important than the eyes when it comes to creating a character. Whether in a game or with a pen, the choice of eye shape is incredibly decisive when you want to give a good expression to your character. And I understand that people can't really tell that there's a big difference here. Really, I understand because I feel about the same with others. But I assure you all that this is not an exaggeration at all. This little adjustment to the shape of the eyes honestly and truly gives us the feeling that these are no longer the faces we had.

Now, personally, and about some other answers here, I can't play an MMORPG if I don't like my character. And here, this is the character I loved playing for years. So, yes, indeed, it is a sensitive subject for almost everyone, but that does not necessarily imply a systematically dishonest and disproportionate reaction. That's why we're here, right? We're trying to move in the right direction together

[TheDruidOcelot]

Yes, absolutely. For me, nothing has ever been more important than the eyes when it comes to creating a character. Whether in a game or with a pen, the choice of eye shape is incredibly decisive when you want to give a good expression to your character. And I understand that people can't really tell that there's a big difference here. Really, I understand because I feel about the same with others. But I assure you all that this is not an exaggeration at all. This little adjustment to the shape of the eyes honestly and truly gives us the feeling that these are no longer the faces we had.

even with adjustments amounting to at most a millimeter in any one direction make HUGE differences on parts of a model as small as an eye, and it just rankles me that people are going "but it looks exactly the same tho" cause it uh. it doesn't. maybe they're just not used to looking at changes that "seem" small, but... its not really small in how much it affects.

I'm really sad and sorry that the proported "graphical update" has been so beyond lackluster for so many. the disappointment is palpable, and the expansion won't be out for months still.