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

[Scintilla]

Out of curiosity, I thought I'd take a look at the Seeker of the Sun faces to see if they all appear in that way and whether it is a constant appearance throughout the benchmark or something which only appears under particular lighting conditions.

I did try to match as close with the face/lips as I could, even down to the hair just incase that has some effect on light/shadowing that I hadn't known of. It appears only to be visible when facing direct light face-on. The Limsa map of CC and the Gridania Indoor map if you were directly facing the lights were the most obvious.




While it did also appear in the earliest shots during the benchmark where the player is traveling through the trees, the rest appeared fine from what I noticed.




So I decided to check my own Miqote under the same lighting conditions. My Keeper of the Moon:





I suppose what I'm saying is that these images are very selectively chosen for their unflattering lighting. I can't say that I noticed it at all while running through the benchmark myself on my own alt before checking forums, but then I'm clearly more relaxed than others seem to be when it comes to the adjustments.

[Scintilla]

Compromise. Many are looking at the existing models with heavily rose-tinted glasses. Under certain lighting in the existing game, characters look bad. More than bad, they can look terrible. The same still applies in the benchmark to some extent, hence my most recent post - there are still some unflattering lighting angles which affects our characters appearance. Now, if we selectively focus on the worst in the benchmark, for fair comparison alone, the same strict rules should be applied to the existing game. But in some cases, that's not the case. This is what is being disputed.

Further to this:

Characters under unflattering lighting in the Benchmark:

Characters under unflattering lighting in the existing game:




We can all choose selectively if it suits our point

[Arzalis]

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We can all choose selectively if it suits our point

The current one looks like a character in bad lighting. The benchmark looks like a wax doll.

[cutestfox]

We can all choose selectively if it suits our point