Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Turnintino]

This reminds me of when WoW updated their character models and people whined and whined, and nothing was ever done about it and they moved on.

I'm sorry people but they aren't going to revert the graphics engine update because your eyebrows look slightly different and your ear textures were improved.

The devs have already communicated that they're still making changes based on feedback, post-launch. Will they roll back or give us some of kind of toggle? I sincerely doubt that. Will everyone's concerns be addressed? Probably not. But the point of much of the feedback here is just to communicate where and how we'd like to see any future changes implemented, and raise visibility. That's how this works.

[pyrah]

so my actual only issue with the graphical update is with the au ra racial hairs. i've been using this shorter hair that's meant for xaelas and it's so pretty but the like horn thing textures were completely untouched which sucks.



i think it would be a good idea to either remove these horn things or make variants without them so there isn't the two horn colors going on. at the very least the textures should be brought in line with the actual horn textures.

here's a picture with more of my character's horns in shot just in case it wasn't apparent how stark the texture differences are:

[Jaynair]

My FC members are saying that they turned off DLSS and switched to AMD and that fixed the issue for now

[Mouthbone]

Funny how your tune has changed now that one of *your* characters were affected
What happened to "faithful adaptations" and not being able to tell a difference?

It's simple, I can tell differences where there are differences
And even if I am disappointed with some of the changes, I'm not having a meltie on the forums

[cutestfox]

It's simple, I can tell differences where there are differences
And even if I am disappointed with some of the changes, I'm not having a meltie on the forums

*clap* *clap*
Well done, you played yourself

Thanks to you and everyone else who'd rather sweep it under the rug and attempt to gaslight anyone who thought otherwise, you can now enjoy living with the consequences
Sorry about your Elezen!

[Sephi_Ravour]

I just want a option to disable upscaling. It's something you use, when your GPU is too weak to render in native resolution. It doesn't improve graphics quality.

Running the game at 1440p ultra settings, with fps limited to 60... I'll let my WoL point at the problem.

[Cheapshot]

This reminds me of when WoW updated their character models and people whined and whined, and nothing was ever done about it and they moved on.

I'm sorry people but they aren't going to revert the graphics engine update because your eyebrows look slightly different and your ear textures were improved.

They never did move on though? I regularly talk to people who play WoW who are still bitter about it, and it’s pretty much universal that everyone I’ve asked hated it when it happened. It turns out if you let people spend years getting attached to a character, suddenly changing that character rubs lots of those people the wrong way! Maybe you don’t get attached to things, and that’s fine for you, but maybe step outside yourself for even a second and consider others.

[Evangelyne]

I am very disappointed with the changes. My girl looks very different, way more doll like and less vibrant

They really did you dirty, same as my miqote, they complettely changed the face for no reason. Your old one looks way better. They need to remove those changes.

[Daralii]

They never did move on though? I regularly talk to people who play WoW who are still bitter about it, and it’s pretty much universal that everyone I’ve asked hated it when it happened. It turns out if you let people spend years getting attached to a character, suddenly changing that character rubs lots of those people the wrong way! Maybe you don’t get attached to things, and that’s fine for you, but maybe step outside yourself for even a second and consider others.

The model updates in WoW were also a much more radical change in style, going from something that looked like a higher definition Warcraft 3 model to something more like a Dreamworks character. The fact that they later removed the toggle for the old models(IIRC they didn't want to backport new customization options) was also bad.

[Asteri]

Adding my lot to the mix.

I was scared but hopeful after the first benchmark, I was very scared after the second version.

I tried liking her, I tried playing MSQ on her, I took over 7000 screenshots during the MSQ but man... I played MSQ on a stranger.

My FemRa is no longer the character I so dearly loved, I strongly dislike everything about her mouth and I had to fanta to a different eyeshape just to even get something close to what she used to have. This is no longer my character, I don't recognize her face anymore and I'm pretty damn upset by it. I don't want to Fanta to something else, I chose FemRa cause I loved their aesthetic, I chose Face 2 because I loved the girl next door look the face had, I loved her eyes, her wider mouth, I just... I feel so deflated. :/



Just... what happened for these changes to be approved? My character looks nothing like she used to in Endwalker. I hate the changes to her eyes and mouth and the more I look at her daily, the less I like my character.

Anyway... To try and give constructive feedback (yet again)...

• Eye Shape 3 has changed considerably making them less wide-open than before.
• The default/natural eye makeup has changed shape to a more pointed end.
• The Mouth 3 lips have changed shapes completely and are more narrow than they used to be.
• The Mouth 3 dimples are inexistent.
• The lips are in a perma-smile position, and because of the narrow lips, it looks like my character is doing a constant duck face.
• The Jaw 1 option is now rounded inwards when looking at the face from the profile.
• The Nose 3 is smaller than it used to be, or perhaps the cheeks are not pronounced enough(?).
• The neck scales look *very* dirty and are much more ivory than their prior cream color. Suggestion here, please add options for ivory/cream and black/blue scales on both subraces!

I'm trying man, but I don't see my character anymore. :<