graphic update expectations not met

[Mapleine]

Vehemently disagree on this one, outside of the DLSS being borked.

I thought this was one element of Dawntrail they NAILED. I was floored in some of these new zones and the texture work on newer characters, like holy crud they worked hard.

I've been present for several MMO visual overhauls and this is by far the most elaborate and impressive, especially considering they maintained the art direction. When they redid my character in Warcraft they completely destroyed her aesthetic.

[Rikizza]

Vehemently disagree on this one, outside of the DLSS being borked.

I thought this was one element of Dawntrail they NAILED. I was floored in some of these new zones and the texture work on newer characters, like holy crud they worked hard.

I've been present for several MMO visual overhauls and this is by far the most elaborate and impressive, especially considering they maintained the art direction. When they redid my character in Warcraft they completely destroyed her aesthetic.

Huh yeah i cant speak for other MMOs since i only play this one. I understand your opinion and in glad you really like it, as i said there is parts i really like too. Im just mainly dissapointed that the real thing doesnt look like the pictures they showed us. And that the promised character creator expansion/rework/whatever didnt appear and i hope it does soon.

[KageTokage]

The game actively looks worse then it did before if you try to play on the same low settings as pre-update.

Particularly, when I use LoD for distant objects it's creating terrible shadow/texture flickering that didn't exist before so I'm kinda forced to leave it off even though it tanks my FPS hard in some places.

[Fawkes]

Vehemently disagree on this one, outside of the DLSS being borked.

I thought this was one element of Dawntrail they NAILED. I was floored in some of these new zones and the texture work on newer characters, like holy crud they worked hard.

I've been present for several MMO visual overhauls and this is by far the most elaborate and impressive, especially considering they maintained the art direction. When they redid my character in Warcraft they completely destroyed her aesthetic.

I was a little disappointed that even some elements in Dawntrail seemed to have not gotten the upgrade. The older expansion content is understandable, though.

But the things that are upgraded look great and I look forward to seeing the complete graphics update when it's all done.

[Aurumis]

I just want them to fix the dead eye look on my character and many of other's. The new graphics are horrible in that aspect. they fucked up most the eyes in most faces...

[Tuchkin]

Maybe it's just in my opinion, but all the characters, not just mine, began to look worse than they were. Was it worth it?

[Rikizza]

Maybe it's just in my opinion, but all the characters, not just mine, began to look worse than they were. Was it worth it?

I agree to an extent, i think personally its mainly because they toned down makeup on almost everyone, and no makeup vs makeup makes someone look worse lol. (not always but you know what i mean)
But like the cleaner lines and new skin texture looks better than before. So they look worse some places and better some places imo.

[ConantSivrha]

they toned down makeup on almost everyone

I’m curious about this. Could you explain further, or show some examples?

Most of what I’ve seen has led me to believe the opposite is true: that characters appear to have more makeup now than they did before. Lips now look glossy without adding a lip color, lip colors look more opaque on some faces, eyelashes look more prominent and detailed on some faces. Though I do remember that one female midlander in another thread whose original eyes had a dark shadow that looked like extremely thick eyelashes, which was missing in the Dawntrail version. So I’m not saying I don’t believe that this happened to some faces.

[GrizzlyTank]

Still not particularly happy they went and changed the artstyle a bit towards more realism. In particular to the area around the eyes which is a lot more pronounced now for some faces, as well as the eyes themselves. As well as chipping away edges, everything has been made more round when it didn't need it.

The game have always been stylized 3d anime. Don't add bags under peoples eyes and whatnot.

[Derio]

My biggest gripe is Koana. You introduce a new character and have them use old assets to where you can literally see the bad pixelation in his coat in cutscenes. Almost as if someone in QA didnt check