[Graphical Update Feedback] Eyes and Limbal Rings on Au ra

[TheDustyOne]

I'll also chime in my support to keep the limbal rings bright, even though I don't typically play Au Ra. An option to change the glow would also be appreciated, but by default they should glow as that's how they act currently, and the graphics update should do its best to keep to the original designs as much as possible. I feel like if people don't like the glow, the option to turn them off is already here, so nothing would change for those that dislike it.

[NonBinaryNyan]

The updates for Au Ra eyes look awesome, but they definitely shouldn't lose their stand out glow.

Part of how I selected the eye color on my Moonkeeper Miqo'te was also the way the highlights almost glow.

I do like that the updates seem like they'll lessen the "resting B-(expletive) face" default on Elezen. I'm hoping that it'll help reduce that for my partner's Midlander as well. He generally looks like he just does not want to be wherever he is standing at a given moment, and I'm forever having to play stop/start umpteen times with the various talking speeds in gpose to get it to look like anything else.

At least one Elezen in my FC is constantly emoting because she gets frustrated by that "resting B- face" aspect, and has tried to adjust makeup and face selection to mitigate it. (She turns off the chat text to avoid spamming!)

[WaywardMinstrel]

the limbal ring glow should stay, it's VERY iconic of them. on top of that i really want them to keep the shiny horn look on au ras, it helps to accentuate the shapes of the scales much better

[Atelier-Bagur]

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Uh huh.

An exaggeration for sure, but doesnt detract that Au Ra are extremely popular and you almost always see them everywhere.

[SuraSeretto]

I love my au ra's ring lights and i'll be real sad if they're gone... she won't look nearly as menacing

[Beelily]

I agree, I'm not an au'ra main but many of my friends are and feel the same... We love the glow!

[Yencat]

An exaggeration for sure, but doesnt detract that Au Ra are extremely popular and you almost always see them everywhere.

Au Ra are incredibly popular, but I believe they mean that the ability to select bright limbal rings is a feature unique to Au Ra and they'd potentially lose that.

With most races only having 4 faces to choose from even the least played races in this game aren't actually all that unique.

[Naple]

I find it amusing people keep arguing about the whole "uniqueness" aspect of the eyes when the reality is 90% of the playerbase is Au Ra anyway.

They probably should just cancel the graphical update on Au Ra since players are already satisfied with them anyway (well besides the lack of customizations) and just focus on the other races that need it.

Adding exceptions just opens up a whole other can of worms. They designed the new shaders and eye models for everyone.

[stellarCouncil]

The main reason why I even HAVE an Au Ra is the bright limbal rings that make them look so unlike anything else I've seen. The limbal rings shining bright, making them contrast massively against the main eye color and making them glow, is something I spent half a day picking out and adjusting, picking the contrast I liked most.

I don't really care if it's less technically impressive than the new design, it's what I wanted and liked. Like, yeah, the updates are technically impressive and I adore the work put into it, but I simply do not believe there is a need to make it impossible to have the high-contrast glow I chose on purpose. I did not make my Au Ra have smooth seamless colors, I made her have freaky alien eyes. I expect to be able to keep freaky alien eyes.

[Lunaxia]

I guess I'm one of the few who finds them kind of goofy and cheap-looking? It's very... edgy, evil PS2 villain-like, lol, but I appreciate that's a completely subjective impression. The only reason I have ever liked or used them is a) to give a stronger black outline to the iris or b) to create a gradient effect, which, surprisingly, is what they now seem (?) to be suggesting was what was intended from the start. The deliberate super-bright, high contrast effect looks jarring and makes them appear kind of dead-eyed, which I think is a real problem with Au Ra in general - you have to actively work to make them not look soulless.

...but some people dig that effect from the looks of it, which is fair enough. I do think, though, that it's more of the same with regards to the other graphical update complaints so far - people have become so attached to their characters that they've come to perceive graphical limitations as character traits, and I think once they get over that, they'll warm up to the new looks more than they think.