Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[GrizzlyTank]

Why did they thought it was a good idea to change the eyes in such a way, when people picked those due to the ridiculous flash lights.

[SchwarzwaelderTorte]

Just a friendly PSA that if you're going to post in the Japanese forums, there's a new thread for specific improvement requests, the big one is more of a "general" thread about the graphical update so it was hard to sort the feedback from the discussions.
The new thread was created to hopefully make it easier for the devs to check feedback (if they check the thread, we don't know if they do)

Also, please:
- Remain polite
- Remain as factual as possible
- Keep your emotions in check (that's also part of being polite)
e.g. "my character is ruined" -> "the eye shape has been slightly altered" etc

(Trust me, I feel the same way, but they don't need to know how you feel about this, they need to know what needs to be worked on)

I won't bother reposting this every page on every thread where people are posting their complaints, but if you feel like doing that feel free to quote this post.

[Gaddes]

I envy people who had minimal differences... my Elezen basically looks like someone injected him with botox. He is certainly softer and rounder with the update, yes, but almost all of the intensity from his expressions have been neutered compared to how he originally looked.
The eyebrow shapes have been completely redone, as ALL the options now have rounded, fatter brows compared to the tapered arched ones from before, so I will have to try and choose one that is thinner without looking slanted/angry by default I guess.
The lips to me are the big loss, as they used to be fuller and thicker, but more importantly the upper/lower lips were similar sizes. Now the upper lip is tapered and the lower one looks like someone injected filler into it. And the other lip choices if I fantasia are just thin lips.





I'm just really bummed that my character used to have an intensity when he was angry or smirky and now he barely looks mad and a little dead inside.

[sindriiisgaming]

just adding to this thread that my male aura has been destroyed in this new update. i honestly want this reversed.

this is my new portrait. how do i say how much i hate it. its heinous. he cant even smile and half of his face is deleted by overshadows.




idk what is going on with the smile either. but it looks genuinely awful and creepy.

[Len_]

I envy people who had minimal differences... my Elezen basically looks like someone injected him with botox. He is certainly softer and rounder with the update, yes, but almost all of the intensity from his expressions have been neutered compared to how he originally looked.
The eyebrow shapes have been completely redone, as ALL the options now have rounded, fatter brows compared to the tapered arched ones from before, so I will have to try and choose one that is thinner without looking slanted/angry by default I guess.
The lips to me are the big loss, as they used to be fuller and thicker, but more importantly the upper/lower lips were similar sizes. Now the upper lip is tapered and the lower one looks like someone injected filler into it. And the other lip choices if I fantasia are just thin lips.





I'm just really bummed that my character used to have an intensity when he was angry or smirky and now he barely looks mad and a little dead inside.

My elezen uses I think the same eyes and lips. I can't stand how huge and prominent the eyes are now and the totally different lips. They are such important features totally obliterated. You can't recognize it as the same person with them being so different.

[MaxL]

Just a friendly PSA that if you're going to post in the Japanese forums, there's a new thread for specific improvement requests, the big one is more of a "general" thread about the graphical update so it was hard to sort the feedback from the discussions.
The new thread was created to hopefully make it easier for the devs to check feedback (if they check the thread, we don't know if they do)

Also, please:
- Remain polite
- Remain as factual as possible
- Keep your emotions in check (that's also part of being polite)
e.g. "my character is ruined" -> "the eye shape has been slightly altered" etc

(Trust me, I feel the same way, but they don't need to know how you feel about this, they need to know what needs to be worked on)

I won't bother reposting this every page on every thread where people are posting their complaints, but if you feel like doing that feel free to quote this post.

Could you please link to the thread? I can't find it. Thank you.

[Loggos]

Just a friendly PSA that if you're going to post in the Japanese forums, there's a new thread for specific improvement requests, the big one is more of a "general" thread about the graphical update so it was hard to sort the feedback from the discussions.
The new thread was created to hopefully make it easier for the devs to check feedback (if they check the thread, we don't know if they do)

Also, please:
- Remain polite
- Remain as factual as possible
- Keep your emotions in check (that's also part of being polite)
e.g. "my character is ruined" -> "the eye shape has been slightly altered" etc

(Trust me, I feel the same way, but they don't need to know how you feel about this, they need to know what needs to be worked on)

I won't bother reposting this every page on every thread where people are posting their complaints, but if you feel like doing that feel free to quote this post.

Do you know if it is ok to use a translator or would too many nuances get lost when using one?

[Daralii]

Looking through viera hair, I found... whatever this is. I think there was similar shading pre-7.0, but it definitely wasn't as pronounced. There are a few other hairstyles that have very pronounced dark patches, though usually along detailed splits on the scalp, so there are just sharp black lines going along either side.

As far as eyes go, and this is more me just noticing a difference instead of taking issue with something, the shading and folds around this area definitely weren't as pronounced either. They wanted to do something with the topography around the eyes(seemingly for every race based on the other posts), but I don't really know what or why.

[Cyrtip]

Just a friendly PSA that if you're going to post in the Japanese forums, there's a new thread for specific improvement requests, the big one is more of a "general" thread about the graphical update so it was hard to sort the feedback from the discussions.
The new thread was created to hopefully make it easier for the devs to check feedback (if they check the thread, we don't know if they do)

Also, please:
- Remain polite
- Remain as factual as possible
- Keep your emotions in check (that's also part of being polite)
e.g. "my character is ruined" -> "the eye shape has been slightly altered" etc

(Trust me, I feel the same way, but they don't need to know how you feel about this, they need to know what needs to be worked on)

I won't bother reposting this every page on every thread where people are posting their complaints, but if you feel like doing that feel free to quote this post.

Could you please link to the thread? I can't find it. Thank you.

"A thread dedicated to posting requests for modification of character depiction graphics." (Machine translated title)
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/501798-キャラクター描写グラフィックの修正要望を投稿する専用のスレッド

[Tsumdere]

Could you please link to the thread? I can't find it. Thank you.

Seconded. I want to post in that thread too since I didn't know the old one got swapped to just discussion.