Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Kaziek]

What made them decide that everyone's nose has to be the most prominent, stuck-out feature of their face? It looks comically bad. Practically every other shadow on the entire model has been softened, and then our noses just look like they have dirt smudged along the edges

It drives me nuts honestly lol. A lot of noses look so much bigger now because for some reason they just always have a ton of shadow on the edges.

[Birdbrain]

Is it too late to get in on the "funky lighting" update discussion?

Spoiler warning: very frightening image below

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I think the graphical update did something weird with the insides of aquariums too. If you go stand inside your fish tanks, your hair color can change dramatically depending on how light it is. Highly recommend people go say 'hello' to their fish.

[Kaziek]

Is it too late to get in on the "funky lighting" update discussion?

Spoiler warning: very frightening image below

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I think the graphical update did something weird with the insides of aquariums too. If you go stand inside your fish tanks, your hair color can change dramatically depending on how light it is. Highly recommend people go say 'hello' to their fish.

To be fair, areas with lighting like that have always looked pretty bad. You'd have similar results standing there before DT. Fish tanks would also do weird things like removing your eyebrows, which actually doesn't happen anymore. You aren't really meant to be inside of aquariums anyway so I doubt it's much of a priority if at all.

[Drakulia]

I was told to post my opinions about the graphics update here as well.

As I said in the other post there are several reasons for me having noticed that my face is no longer my face but the major points for me right now is that her eyes are different and a bit milky. Not as bad as the characters that have lighter eyes but to me fully noticeable. Her face has a different shape, her scar is bigger and her mouth has also changed shape. On top of that the eyebrows makes her facial expressions totally different to what I am used to. I have therefor not been able to play dawntrail.

I just cannot look at her in cutscenes and see her as my friend for ten years and that to me is really sad. I know that you are doing your best to fix it and as I said before in the first post I have waited patiently for the issue to be resolved, but now that I heard that after this there won't be any major changes I must say I got worried hence the post.

To help with the differences and to show graphically how she looked before compared to now I have added screenshots of her. I hope that that will be of help to you in your work efforts.

How she looked before dawntrail

How she looks now

Showcase of horrible eyebrows

If you want to see my first post with more pictures it is linked here below.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...out-the-faces.

[Hatsuoki]

Why couldn't they have given us some examples of the fixes during the PLL...? Right now we still don't know if the fixes are going to go in the right direction.

[Khryseis_Astra]

Why couldn't they have given us some examples of the fixes during the PLL...? Right now we still don't know if the fixes are going to go in the right direction.

True, but we are getting another Fantasia at least… just crossing my fingers they’ll fix my Highlander!

[HawkeScream]

Why couldn't they have given us some examples of the fixes during the PLL...? Right now we still don't know if the fixes are going to go in the right direction.

Tbh I think that's exactly why they didn't. People who don't notice won't notice. No spotlight, less backlash.

[glitteringcosmos]

I was told to post my opinions about the graphics update here as well.

As I said in the other post there are several reasons for me having noticed that my face is no longer my face but the major points for me right now is that her eyes are different and a bit milky. Not as bad as the characters that have lighter eyes but to me fully noticeable. Her face has a different shape, her scar is bigger and her mouth has also changed shape. On top of that the eyebrows makes her facial expressions totally different to what I am used to. I have therefor not been able to play dawntrail.

I just cannot look at her in cutscenes and see her as my friend for ten years and that to me is really sad. I know that you are doing your best to fix it and as I said before in the first post I have waited patiently for the issue to be resolved, but now that I heard that after this there won't be any major changes I must say I got worried hence the post.

To help with the differences and to show graphically how she looked before compared to now I have added screenshots of her. I hope that that will be of help to you in your work efforts.

How she looked before dawntrail

How she looks now

Showcase of horrible eyebrows

If you want to see my first post with more pictures it is linked here below.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...out-the-faces.

the eyebrows are the ABSOLUTE WORST. And I've submitted a ticket about it (for m miqote face 4) and I've seen some others also submit tickets, but they all got pushed to "working as intended." It's laughably bad.

[Tahli]

the eyebrows are the ABSOLUTE WORST. And I've submitted a ticket about it (for m miqote face 4) and I've seen some others also submit tickets, but they all got pushed to "working as intended." It's laughably bad.

Face 2 F Miqos have it rough with the current eyebrows.
I at least had my report on it moved to Accepted Bugs, here. Hoping they get fixed in the coming update.

[glitteringcosmos]

Face 2 F Miqos have it rough with the current eyebrows.
I at least had my report on it moved to Accepted Bugs, here. Hoping they get fixed in the coming update.

Miqos in general they dropped the ball with the eyebrows (and many other things but for the sake of this particular line of convo, the eyebrows especially). Face 4 for the boys have the eyebrows literally on the underside of the brow bone, almost on their eyelids.







I wish they'd actually listen to us instead of writing off shoddy work as "spec." I'm with you--I really, really hope they fix it in future updates.