[ Graphical Update Feedback ] Examples of Darker Skinned Characters/Darker Lighting

[reginleif-]

It's great that the different races offer such a variety of skin tones to choose from, but we really shouldn't be having major cutscenes where main characters are so difficult to see. It's not just WoLs either - Erichthonios is a very expressive character but is difficult to see for most of the Pandaemonium raids due to how dark his surroundings are.

[...] Pandaemonium was just as bad for dark-skinned characters, and that whole questline featured dark-skinned NPCs!

Thanks for mentioning Pandaemonium! I sometimes had to turn off the lights to see faces there: the dark-skinned characters were strongly backlit and invisible against the light, or they were posed against dark surroundings and blended with them. I dug though my screenshots to illustrate the matter.

The images below show characters from the Pandaemonium raid story. Please look only if you have completed it or are fine with spoilers.
Dark-skinned NPCs in Pandaemonium-1
Dark-skinned NPCs in Pandaemonium-2

And a word about screen quality. I have a calibrated monitor with dark stabilizer and other gaming fancies. Dark locations like Ultima Thule, the Fell Court of Troia, and the Lunar Subterrane are bright and full of rich hues. But dark-skinned characters are flat dim spots.

So the topic is not a case of screen deficiency—a good screen only emphasizes the issue. Full support.