Quote Originally Posted by CidHeiral View Post
The new eyes address all of those issues and I think they look fantastic. Characters no longer look like soulless automatons staring blankly into the void. I think the subtle movement they added to the eyes looks great as well. In my opinion they've had a massive amount of life breathed into them, it's really night and day.

That being said, a lot of people bring up anime when talking about the eyes and if you're a big anime fan I can see how you may prefer the old style. Whatever your reasons are I don't think there's anything wrong with liking the old eyes, it's just personal preference.
Yeah, my opinion is definitely influenced by my taste for older anime styles, so I preferred the old eyes for that alone. However, it does seem to me that some eyes just have more problems. I can't speak for all eye types (I see opinions tend to be divided, especially for female characters with larger eyes), but it looks like male Miqo'te in particular didn't benefit much from the changes. So far I can't remember seeing anyone say they prefer the new eyes for their catboys, but I have seen complaints for all of our face and eye types. At least with my Miqo'te, I think his irises actually look slightly flatter after the update, there's still that sort of dulling film-like thing that often covers the irises, they don't catch light as easily because of eyelid changes and so on... I think it's just a case of one solution not fitting all.