[Graphical Update] Viera Nose

[HeyMcFly]

Please don't take away the pretty feature that Vieras have -which is the bunny detail on their nose- It's cute and while they're no viera of ff12 ( no spots on their ears or more viera type hair :/ ) It'd be nice if they still retained some feature unique to them, aside from the obvious ears

[Luluya]

Maybe I'm just being dramatic but this seems to pretty much lend credit to the theory that some early cynics had of the updated models; that them being based on the hyur model is just so that they can homogenize them and make easy/faster for the team to design and fit gear on them.

Hopefully this gains even more traction, like the limbal rings one did to some effect.

[Lilwynn]

Don't take my nose :/

[L314x]

Adding to this in hopes that the feedback will be seen like the Au Ra ones, Please don't take away the Viera nose highlight!

[Ambarhaura]

Everyone has a different level of threshold as to where the uncanny valley begins for them. What's a unique and interesting feature to one person can put a design deep into the uncanny valley for another. It's not a logical or informed thing, just subconscious.

Some people are weirded out by your typical catboy/catgirl design not having ears where humans got them, some people are weirded out by more bestial designs like the Hrothgar, some people are super distracted by the Elezen's long necks. Others are not. And by the same token some people may find the nose discolouration weird or distracting. Nothing really to argue about, it's just how people feel about it subconsciously. Which again is why the nose discolouration should be an optional toggle, with the default being switched on so that characters after the update look as close to what they looked to prior as possible.

And everyone who enjoys a less bunnny-like nose can then use their free fantasia to turn it off.

Yea, I'm down for it being optional, but the concern is they showed a side-by-side to show graphical updates and therefore chose analogous faces if not the same options. Which indicates a change, not a new option (unless stated or as many have said, it was un-intentional)

[HawkeScream]

I also just signed up to the forums to add my voice to the feedback. If they want to leave it up to a toggleable option, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t do away with the bunny nose detail entirely. I also want to echo this point a few other posters have made here; Viera already have so few features to distinguish them from normal humans, which is a shame. All we have right now are the ears and the nose. The nose, even if it’s a small subtle detail, is one of the few defining features we even have of this race.

In the keynote they even specifically stated that they don’t want to change the characters or features too much, because they don’t want them to not look like the same characters anymore. Which is a great and noble goal, but these Viera changes are not in line with that goal at all.

I’m just hoping that the Viera are still heavily a work in progress and maybe they’re still figuring things out. But I don’t want to just leave that to chance without speaking up.

On a similar note, even though this topic is about the noses, I have a similar complaint about the eyes. They’ve changed the shape of the eyes entirely, widening/rounding them and taking away the detail on the inner corners. I loved the shape of the skin at the inner corners, to me it added just a little more “something” to the rabbitlike features. I’m very familiar with the face they used in the example because it’s the same face, nose, and eyes I’ve used on my main. I know the changes are small, but they’re significant enough to me that she doesn’t really look like the same person anymore, which is exactly what they said during the keynote that they didn’t want to do.

Hopefully the feedback here will reach the right people. These changes make me sad

I second this so hard. Regardless if some people prefer the new changes, they said they wouldn't make our characters not look like themselves. I already made my characters how I like them. I was thrilled with them updating graphics but so far Viera changes have really put a damper on my excitement for it. I don't care if the changes look more like their promo or whatever, that isn't what is in the game now, it's not what I made, and I don't want drastic changes to my characters' features.

[Ambarhaura]

(I will say to be clear, I am not just some cynical person who views any change as negative. I was so absolutely hyped at just about everything they were showing in keynote but my heart sank when I saw the Viera nose. I also thought it was odd that Elezen female mouth was changed so much in shape, but I don't think it's necessarily bad looking and haven't personally heard anyone who plays Elezen complain. Different story with fem bun noses :x )

[orbonne]

I really like the bunny nose, I feel like it's an important charm point for my character and I would be sad to see it go! I hope that they continue to update it, and make it a bit higher contrast than what we saw in the keynote. I am very excited for the graphics update, and I appreciate many of the changes made, but seeing my Viera lose one of my favorite parts would be heartbreaking for me...

[Nathan22177]

DON'T UNBUNNY THE BUNNIES YOU SPOONS!

[Ambarhaura]

Please also, if you know of other people who are upset, in game, irl, discord, or twitter etc point them to this, or any thread on the subject to make sure this is heard by the devs :<