I hate it too. Anyone know if the Japanese forums have a thread about it? I really hope SE sees the feedback on this one. I actually didn't have any issues with the first benchmark but was excited to see the tweaks. I didn't expect them to be making such drastic changes to our characters this close to release. They talked so much at the first fanfest about how they knew people were attached to their characters and didn't want to make changes that were too extreme - this seems pretty extreme!! He had a sweet, gentle air about him before, now he looks like a jerk. Why wouldn't they just add new face options if they want to do this?