Quote Originally Posted by Keiizah View Post
Despite all the complaints, very little changes has been done to miqo'te face 4. It is better than what we had at launch, but it's still has big glaring issues. Particularly with the eyes. The highlights are way too high, so you never see them on certain eye shapes and it makes character look dead inside.
Miqo'te face 4, no highlights are seen
Miqo'te face 1, looks fine, highlights are seen like they should be

Old problem's such as changed eye and lip shape (tho it did got better, but can't we really get rid of curved up lip corners??), making the expression look tired. it also conflicts with existing facial expressions, making them either too overly expressive 9sam problem was noted with m!aura face 1) and because mouth is still smiling, looks confusing with negative emotions like furrow (makes it look like he's smiling while being grumpy which doesn't make sense), there is no neutral emote anymore. Keeper's eye slight was also almost removed, it doesn't look as sharp and defined as it was pre-dt. New dawntrail eye textures also make colours look darker and it's not always fixable with fantasia

After an update skin looks grainy, it is especially noticeable on darker skin. It's also only present on the face, and ends around neck seam. It looks like what we had at last dt becnhmark, with sub-surface scattering looking weird, and giving character's slightly wax-like look
Thank you so much for writing this!!

all those points like i don't understand why they changed the face so drastically. Compared to other races that had more subtle changes i feel miqo'te especially have changed a lot.

Clearly hope they will rework the mouth somehow since it looks unnatural. Makes some cutscenes look silly with a smiling mouth while a serious cutscene plays.

Also miqo face 4 eyes 3 changed so badly... They look so dead and tired, no light in them like you mentioned and a strong shadow that hides eye colour even more. And seeker eye slit was changed to a more human form which takes away from the unique look it had before.

I just really hope they change it to be more like in endwalker since there aren't other options for serious looking eyes on that face so fantasia doesn't help.