I decided to leave feedback because I felt it was necessary, even though it will be more positive. And for the most part, I'm very happy with the graphics update for my character. I got a case where, roughly speaking, the overall impression of her appearance has not changed at all, but in the details has become better. I like how the lips look now, how the eyes are more alive, and the limbal rings are now really round and well inserted into the iris. And love how the white hair doesn't blend in the light. I also think the skin colour has become slightly paler (with the same colour), something I was dreaming of and a bit jealous of Raen Au Ra lol.

A few notes I found on my character that are worth fixing: the mini-horns that are on a few of the default hairstyles are still blurry; the horns are now not touching the scales, which looks weird if the hairstyle doesn't cover those areas; the horns clip with this hairstyle; and also, at the back, where the connection line between the head and torso is located, the difference between the updated lower part of the scales and the old blurred upper part is very noticeable.

Also, after looking at a bunch of examples from other people and looking at my own, I think the open environments in the editor (The Black Shroud, La Noscea, and Thanalan) have some weird lighting and don't fully convey how the character will look in game (comparing to the example from the benchmark itself).

Even though I'm happy with my character, I still notice quite noticeable changes in face 1 Au Ra on others, such as on my wife's character. And she generally like the update as well as me, but there are some concerns: type 1 eyebrows are now slightly curved upwards, so the character looks more innocent-looking; the new small iris are now even smaller than they were, making a distinct gap between the iris and the lower border of the eye visible, and type 3 eyelashes point downwards instead of straight up. Examples are respectively:

Although I can't say anything but general impressions about the other face presets, but as a female Au Ra enjoyer with a lot of friends with different face presets, I really like the new face 2 and face 3, but I can really see that face 4 needs improvement and understand the strong dissatisfaction.

I'm still grateful to the development team for the work they've done on the overall graphics update, and I hope they listen to the feedback and can address important player concerns. Also, I apologise that the text turned out to be so long...