Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Ashenfall]

I feel like there's not enough complaints or changes regarding female Seeker Miqo'te face 1 but I've been really sad about her update. She is not as cute, innocent, and youthful as she used to be, and some colors just look off. I couldn't even replicate a similar neutral lighting with the new light features when using Gpose without too much glare. I really tried to like her new appearance since the benchmark released, but it feels like what makes her herself is gone. The topology has definitely changed regardless of lighting.



Her eyes constantly look blank in most lighting environments. Her nose and lips are far too round and look bigger than they should. Everything looks purposely exaggerated and rounder compared to the original soft, painted look, especially in her lips. Her lips look like fillers, with a darker and matte color. The blues in her hair are washed out and even though her hair is a little off-white, it looks completely gray in many menus such as Character, Portraits, Dyes, Try On, etc. She just looks mature and serious now.

The adventurer plate in 7.0 completely changed how she originally looked. Her lips are far too exaggerated. The lighting looked so bad that I tried to salvage it, and I ended up changing her facial expression to something more subtle.



Her Lodestone picture no longer looks as cute and now has an emotionless blank stare. She looks very different here, and I often use these pictures for easy access to reference photos.




I will be making more detailed comparisons and draw them over in the JP forums later and hope there will be more Seeker Miqo'te face 1 feedback. I wish I took more pictures of her before the graphics update considering that I started playing this game for less than a year. I've also been enjoying this game less because of her new appearance...