Dawntrail graphics update is very disappointing.

[Doopliss]

You do realize that no matter how little they change, some people WILL be obsessed enough to have that happen. It's inevitable.
I've been part of a "botched" character revamp in World of Warcraft, where I really did not recognize my Draenei afterwards. SE did INFINITELY better.

Is it perfect? No it is not. Nothing ever is. But on my char and on most of the screenshots I see here, they got damn close to it.

This is irrelevant...? Comparing FFXIV character models with WoW's is comparing apples to oranges. The only thing similar is that they're MMOs. Their character creators are different beasts, and I don't recall WoW having the same promise/PR that FFXIV's team did.

So you did. For weeks now. It's safe to assume they heard what they wanted to hear. Whether they will implement any further changes at this point is anyone's guess. I somewhat doubt it because changing characters AGAIN could upset people that already used Fantasia and settled in. So I totally understand SE for being weary on this one.

In the end, the only statistic that matters is really the subscriber count. Unless there is a MASSIVE uproar (hasn't happened) / mass exodus (unlikely to happen, at least not due to character changes), SE will consider the changes a success and move on from the topic. THAT is the business reality of things.

Then they do something to circumvent that again like they attempted to here. Short side quests are evidently easy to implement. I also don't see how people who are neutral or happy with the supposed "unimportant and minor character changes" will notice or care for more "unimportant and minor character changes," taking how you view them into consideration.

And to be plain, I think the people who have been playing with a certain character look for literal years actually do take more importance over those who have had a certain look for a few weeks or months.

Clearly you want everyone to just shut up though. I'm sure people would be more comforted in being heard if those who took these nebulous "neutral stances" weren't so combative against those asking for changes.

I'd say, judging from the rather poor reception of the MSQ, SE has much bigger fish to fry right now in terms of subscriber count, than the slightly changed curvature of a Miqo'te nose or slightly more shiny lips.

...Okay, yeah, I'm done here; you're definitely just arguing in bad faith. You do realize that the graphic artists aren't the people who work on things like MSQ or even battle content, right, lol? Also, even the GFX artists that work on character models vs the more technical aspects of the graphical update aren't generally the same people. What is this argument even supposed to be.