Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[Aniya_Estlihn]

Yoshida also said that viera and hrothgar hat compatibility would be something that would be gradually introduced throughout Shadowbringers, nearly 6 years ago. I can't take him at his word anymore, especially with timeframes.

That was during Endwalker, not Shadowbringers. During Shadowbringers they maintained the stance that not having hats or the opposite sex was by design and wasn't a priority.
That narrative changed when they announced male Viera and female Hrothgar were in the works, but stated the other two variants for the races would take priority to hats.

[Sairaag]

Having a face 1 male Miqo'te, I'm feeling a little nervous. It feels like this race/sex/face combo is so unpopular that it's been at the bottom of the priority list, but on the other hand, it's 7.2 now. So I'm currently going between "it'll be the same as every update" and "maybe this is the time something good happens!" Or just something happens so I know where to go from there.

[Argantaelle]

It seems like Thancred will stay the same. According to the reading session, the NPC with faces adjusted are

Lyse, Aymeric, and Emet Selch/Solus.

I'm starting to worry about Aymeric.

[Loggos]

I'm fearing for the quality of the dinner scene. : (

[Daralii]

It seems like Thancred will stay the same. According to the reading session, the NPC with faces adjusted are

Lyse, Aymeric, and Emet Selch/Solus.

I'm starting to worry about Aymeric.

If they fuck up Aymeric and either version of Emet, there are going to be a lot of people going feral.

[Mijeme]

If they fuck up Aymeric and either version of Emet, there are going to be a lot of people going feral.

You mean like this?

[eohippus]

do we know conclusively if they updated the elpis npc models? if they have, then I'm not as worried about emet-selch as I could be. however if those still aren't updated, I'm nervous. any npc with a distinct lip shape is one i worry will get nerfed by the update...

[Iscah]

Aymeric has a modified Au Ra face and I don't like what happened to those.

[Daralii]

do we know conclusively if they updated the elpis npc models? if they have, then I'm not as worried about emet-selch as I could be. however if those still aren't updated, I'm nervous. any npc with a distinct lip shape is one i worry will get nerfed by the update...

They've changed the Ancients' eyes a couple times, but I think that's it. They almost completely lost their glow in 7.0 unless they were in complete darkness, then 7.1 changed it so that there's some vibrance in lit areas but still less than 6.X.

[Argantaelle]

The servers went live.

None of the issues I've posted multiple times were addressed. The eyebrows are still transparent, Raen scales are still dirty, and the second Au Ra male face still has its ugly new mouth.

Well, I expected nothing, but still SE managed to disappoint me even more. Good job!

It's especially funny because the first benchmark was released about a year ago. For a year players (at least some of them) have been trying to make their voices heard.

P.S. Smiles are still terrible (especially if a NPC is talking with a smile on their face); I've checked a few. I wonder if SE did anything at all.

This is still bad (minimal ARR spoilers)

P.S.S.
When I was looking through cutscenes to check on Thancred (he hasn't changed sadly) and Aymeric, I noticed that the eyes started to look more lively. It almost seemed like SE decided to combine both reflective light and hard-painted highlights. But I might be mistaken, of course, future testing is required.

Praise the Twelve, Aymeric looks like himself (the only drastic change is his ears).