Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Strika23]

My fem Roe's hair doesnt reflect as much (looks less 'shiny', she's lost her upper lip (which is a complaint I'm also seeing for Elezen females), and her eyeshadow isn't as dark as before. Otherwise, the skin/eyes/pupils/hair texture have all improved.
I am noticing as many people have mentioned that the colors in general seem very different than before though. (on both gear and characters).

[Doopliss]

My fem Roe's hair doesnt reflect as much (looks less 'shiny', she's lost her upper lip (which is a complaint I'm also seeing for Elezen females), and her eyeshadow isn't as dark as before. Otherwise, the skin/eyes/pupils/hair texture have all improved.
I am noticing as many people have mentioned that the colors in general seem very different than before though. (on both gear and characters).

I have that same exact hairstyle on my Seawolf alt and the issue is the same as yours. It seems like the lighting and color issues are specific to certain hairstyles for some reason. That particular hairstyle now looks even flatter with lighter colors, too, because it hardly has any shadows anymore.

[MaxL]

I have that same exact hairstyle on my Seawolf alt and the issue is the same as yours. It seems like the lighting and color issues are specific to certain hairstyles for some reason. That particular hairstyle now looks even flatter with lighter colors, too, because it hardly has any shadows anymore.

Yep, there's something seriously wrong with hair shading in general, see my earlier post:

I think I found out why hair shading seems so inconsistent from place to place. You can easily reproduce this using GPose.



Seriously, what is going on here? It's like half of its shading contribution is a uniform term.

[Print_Screen]

Female Highlander
Face: 1
Jaw: 1
Eye Shape: 3
Eyebrows: 1
Nose: 3
Mouth: 2
Lip Color: none
Facial Features: 1, 2, 3

Screenshots from PC version, max graphic settings of their respective versions. Taken inside the Innocence trial instance.





I am unhappy with the changes to my character's eyebrows, eyeshadow and upper lip. The eyebrows are smaller, and the outer edges of the eyeliner have been turned downwards. In my opinion, it changes my WoL's piercing look to one of boredom.

I'll link the full images for better comparison:
example A - 6.x
example A - 7.0
example B - 6.x
example B - 7.0

[Larirawiel]

The pizza was way too hot.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ctly_with_the/



Cheers

[Eilous]

It is impossible for me to take the exact same picture with the exact same lighting and background for comparison. 7.0 Female Elezen smile is different. Her sharpness is gone. Her expression looks concerned (I used "simper" for both 6.5 and 7.0). It really feels like the developers have altered the animations and facial features so much that they do not look the same anymore, in a bad way. This is so upsetting.





Ingame Portraits

[Len_]

It is impossible for me to take the exact same picture with the exact same lighting and background for comparison. 7.0 Female Elezen smile is different. Her sharpness is gone. Her expression looks concerned (I used "simper" for both 6.5 and 7.0). It really feels like the developers have altered the animations and facial features so much that they do not look the same anymore, in a bad way. This is so upsetting.





Ingame Portraits

Oh this one really made my heart sink. That's a beautiful character that the update does not do justice at all.

[Adrameliya]

Before and after. Same cutscene, same outfit, same facial expression. And he looks weird now.

I’m trying really hard to get used to it but it’s bothering me so much.

There’s sometimes during cutscenes where he looks good, but it’s when light shines super brightly on him. So I think this weird look is mainly because of the new lighting. I could turn the character lighting to max (it’s currently at 30) but that would make him look like a lamppost lol, and that’s ridiculous.

[Anneliese_Lev]

It is impossible for me to take the exact same picture with the exact same lighting and background for comparison. 7.0 Female Elezen smile is different. Her sharpness is gone. Her expression looks concerned (I used "simper" for both 6.5 and 7.0). It really feels like the developers have altered the animations and facial features so much that they do not look the same anymore, in a bad way. This is so upsetting.

The gaze changes from looking at you to looking somewhere else