Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Doopliss]

Are you referring to the body or the face? Because the face poly count increased significantly.

https://x.com/kailn_ffxiv/status/1780969950204612815

The body poly count I agree could have used more love. I've noticed the shadows often get caught on the angular lines running down the arms and freak out. The shadows are doing a lot of weird things right now though so maybe that will get addressed.

Oh, no. Admittedly I was bitter when writing this but I was specifically thinking about individualistic parts like eyes and nose here, which some people have flippantly claimed changed only due to polygon count. They have seen an increase, but not enough for some options to suddenly become barely distinguishable from others (again thinking about how eye shape 1 looks barely different from eye shape 3 for ♀ Miqo'te Face 4, as an example, when eye shape 3 used to be distinctly much more upturned). I'm aware the polygon count for the face overall has increased significantly which allows for the more easy expression manipulation (which I do still think is fun).

The body is part of my complaint too but I feel like that's a whole other beast I don't have the energy to put into words. I never minded it before, but with the new face textures the lack of fidelity increase for it is a lot more stark...

[CidHeiral]

The body is part of my complaint too but I feel like that's a whole other beast I don't have the energy to put into words. I never minded it before, but with the new face textures the lack of fidelity increase for it is a lot more stark...

I agree with you there. It bothered me before and bothers me even more now that the heads are so much higher fidelity than everything else. I can understand where the devs are coming from in that regard since people are usually covered in gear anyway but as a highlander player my glams often display the guns so the difference sticks out to me more.

Edit: Saw a great example as I was sitting down a minute ago. High fidelity face sandwiched between PS1 elbows.

[Doopliss]

I agree with you there. It bothered me before and bothers me even more now that the heads are so much higher fidelity than everything else. I can understand where the devs are coming from in that regard since people are usually covered in gear anyway but as a highlander player my glams often display the guns so the difference sticks out to me more.

Edit: Saw a great example as I was sitting down a minute ago. High fidelity face sandwiched between PS1 elbows.

Yeah...that is really, really noticeable now. Ouch. I'm honestly surprised that the few gearsets we have with updated textures don't seem to update the arms or legs; just the hands and feet. The update in its current form makes the game feel disjointed enough that it bothers my OCD to the point that I wish they had delayed it until it was 100% complete...but I know that's not really how game development works these days.

At the risk of sounding, uh, suspicious I guess, I thought it was weirdly apparent on the bust for the updated female Au Ra starting gear too. The details added to the equipment itself are so nice, and I can tell the hands and feet look better than before...but the chest is still extra square, lol. I've noticed this on the female Hyuran chest piece as well, I just thought the Auri one was more apparent.