please reconsider this character graphical update

[Shougun]

Edit: woops, switched two posts I had prepared on my phone lol. (that post edited to the other thread)

For this thread I meant to just say the characters look good and I don't want them to reconsider. I am not excited if it hurts other people's experience, but to me I think it will make the experience a lot better.

It looks quite nice!

[elioaiko]

Whatever they showed us wasn't definitive and I totally understand why they would want to keep characters looking relatively the same. It would be kinda weird to log in and see that your character isn't the same.

I think the devs setting the expectations on the lower side is a safe call. From what I can tell, it seems like they want to move to a better lighting and updated textures. Tbh the game now looks like an early PS3 game, the textures being pretty low res and it shows on certain glamours when you zoom in (aka Hien's outfit, some other mogstation outfits).

I'm more interested in how they'll handle the outfits looking like they flow better since they said that they don't want to add a physics system to the outfits.

Regardless I was honestly surprised that they wanted to do a graphical update but I guess since the next expansion will be in the vision of the team rather than 1.0's, they want to make it look nice. I liked the transparency because they want to do this but they're only human and it will be a gradual process.

[TaleraRistain]

I thought the updates were subtle and brought the character a bit more into focus. None of them are changing things drastically and it looks like a good update.

[Riardon]

We need that grpahically update YESTERDAY.
It took way too long but I guess better late than never.

[Slayer25c]

im aware this is just an early version but the graphical update they showed for the character seems awful and it goes completely against them saying they want it to not overall change the look of the character designs.

these new designs steal a lot of the character and charm from the designs, ultimately making them bland and generic, just another fantasy design.

updating poor grass textures in places like idyllshire is one thing, but completely ruining the vibes supplied by the current games character design is awful.

ontop of this the apparent clash there will be between players and npcs who receive and dont receive a graphical update will just ruin the immersion of players, especially newer ones.


please reconsider updating the characters graphical appearance. gear and areas might not be bad, but if that preview is what we have to look forward to its just going to ultimately ruin a lot of the current charm in the game, itll completely rob the game of its familiarity with those who have been with it for a long time, and itll completely take people out of it when they see these npcs that dont have some random graphical update.

id rather be happy than right, so if we see later updates and it truly does look better, something that actually looks like an improvement of what we have now, im willing to accept it, but as it is now i feel like im lamenting the next expansion and what its going to do to the game ive loved for so many years.

the game doesnt need a graphical update to look stunning. sights like the ruby sea in the evening, the steppe at night, the hecking last area in endwalker. these all blew me away. plenty of characters have looked fantastic and inspire countless compliments from others. so please, if this update must happen, take a much more restrained approach, at least with the characters. please.

love,
a fan and longtime player

Sit down go somewhere with that nonsense

[Nyxn607]

This update will add new life to the game. From my understanding what they showed us thus far was done in a month. Imagine the updates within the next ~2 years, I for one am excited to see what they can/intend to update!!

[Phaty]

Outside of higher rez textures, it looks like they are adding what Gshade adds to the game now. Gshade is insanely popular

[Eross]

I cannot wait for the graphical update, tbf. The characters look stunning and hence I hope to be able to finally create a simple hyur or elezen female who'll look decent - not like out of pixel game. Plus overall the light and shadow adjustments left me in awe.
We needed this update - it certainly doesn't take away the charm our beloved game has.

[LaylaTsarra]

Awesome this is coming it was unexpected but definitely something that needs to be addressed for the long term viability of the game.

[MsQi]

these new designs steal a lot of the character and charm from the designs, ultimately making them bland and generic, just another fantasy design.

I see the opposite. They are starting to look more like people and less like plastic dolls. If you are comparing this to WoW's character upgrade, well the majority of the upgrades clearly added "character" but it was not at all in line with what they were. Goblins and Worgens literally had character removed. They removed blemishes and any sense of wildness.

The pictures they showed are very much the same, just with more detail, to state it simply.

Please elaborate.

That said, if they really are committed to accommodating a broad range of systems they should have the option to use the older versions.