Estellios beat me to it but i'll leave the link anyway.

Quote Originally Posted by Vahzl View Post
Until I see the statement quoted with a link to the OP from Yoshi saying this, I am not going to believe it.
http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Outline_EN.pdf

Scroll down to the second slide that says Rebuild:Graphics Engine. It's written there, clear as day. The bottom of the slide says
The new graphics engine will cause certain objects to display differently than they do in the current version.
Because of this, we will allow all current players the opportunity to re-customize the race, gender, and
appearance of their characters upon the implementation of the new engine.