Benchmark/Graphics Update - Show your WoL's before and after

[TajMahBallz]

(Apologies for the double post, messed up the first post)


Overall I think my character came out mostly unscathed. Main issues is her skin looks way too shiny in some areas and seems to have been dulled a bit if that's the right word to use??? I think they need to take another look at how they did the skin.

[Fuyume]

I was informed that my former comparison images were too different in lighting to tell the differences, so I present to you the closest recreation of my character creation screen from the benchmark as possible. I really dislike it. She's so round and soft now, her face lost everything angular about it, the lips are more pouty, and why on earth did they add dimples? Like, I picked face 4 because it was the least soft and cutesy of the face options. The new face feels like I'd never see it wielding a greatsword on the front lines.

[Jassie]

While I don't think my character has changed too much, something does feel a little off. His eyebrows are thinner, eye shape seems a little different, and the highlights in his hair look kinda bad if you look up close. I prefer the old version of him, but the new one isn't THAT bad either, probably just need to get used to it.


My viera, on the other hand, seems very similar to what she was before. The only differences I noticed were the mouth and the eyebrows, which are both a bit different shape than before, but neither of those change the feel of the character for me.


*imgur link with a couple more example pics*

[Skivvy]

Some of my peeps:

Miqo - face 4
Before:

After:

(imgur keeps deleting the "after" picture for some reason. lol. If it's gone again, just know I tried three times).

My biggest complaint on her is that the changes to eyeliner/lashes have changed the shape of her eye. I use 'Eye 3' quite often on a lot of my races, and it's become a lot more rounded looking. In the case of the miqo, there's only a tiny difference between 3 and 1 now which is a bummer.


Viera face 2
Before:

After:


She's looking puffier, but OK for the most part in this lighting. This face looks ROUGH in some of the other options. lol. My biggest issue with her is the lip shape and the overlining, which isn't super noticeable in this screenshot, but it's there.

(I thought I took pictures of my current Viera (face 1), but it seems I didn't. She actually looks mostly OK which I'm happy about.)


Au Ra - face 1
Before:

After:


So, unpopular opinion, but I'm actually semi-OK with how my Au Ra looks now....SPECIFICALLY because she's more rounded looking. I always loved her 3/4 profile, and that has been impacted by the change, but when looking at her straight on, i prefer her chin not being super pointy. Though she does look like she's melted a wee bit in this specific picture...

One thing about face 1 - they've always looked the tiniest bit boss-eyed to me. With the update, it looks like the gaze is more straight. It's incredibly subtle, and may just be a me-thing, but it's a plus for me.


Lala -face 1
Before:

After:

BONUS!:

MORE BONUS!:
Before:

After:


Sigh. RIP to my Lala. This is the one I'm completely unhappy with. The eyeliner is far darker all around. Her lash line is completely different which changes eye shape. They've stolen our upper lip. The nose blends into the face. AND THAT MOUTH. Geezus. As a whole, she looks like she's seen some things and it's not good.

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After playing with my characters in all the lighting, spinning them around, going through the benchmark...as a whole they seem to look a lot more....puffy/rounded. They also look less expressive to me. Mouths need a lot of help. I can't say that I'm loving the changes, but I'm not feeling as negative about it as I was yesterday. Minus my Lala. She needs all the help she can get.

As a disclaimer, I did try to get screenshots where the benchmark-shot looked relatively normal for what it is. Not a fan of point-blank shots, but I think it helps to highlight the changes best. Gonna try to stay cautiously optimistic that it won't be as...ehhhhh in game. Lighting/angles/clothing make a world of difference, so we'll have to see how it is once things are live. I will definitely be doing a lot of testing in-game before using that free fantasia.

[ChaoticAvenger]

I'm really not a fan of the new lips for my main look. The new ones take all of the character the old lip choice had, and its one of the things I liked most about my character. Now they just look kind of basic and samey. Other than that I don't see a huge issue, the eye shape seems a bit different, but maybe its just cause the lips made everything else work. Please SE, try to make the new lips look a bit more similar in shape to the old ones. They were so much more voluminous and cute!

[Kimeraandrel]

Incredibly happy with how my character turned out.

[TBerry]

Posted this in the other thread, but here.

All in all, there isn't really that much difference.

[LlymlaenGreene]

i am happy what some of characters really got upgrades and looks nice and people happy with that :3
I am not one of them, just look on my character
my old cutie

his new uglie


yes this is a character editor, but this is a really another character!
okay, people say, that you need check it in benchmark, okay, let us go

my current huyr always looks a little a little cute and very kind, I mean, she has a very good-natured and sweet face :3 like that one

but what we see in new custscenes? right, the ugly monster, no less lol!




for comparison, a few shots from the cast scenes with my original cutie :3

How did such a sweet smile become like this?
look at this emotes lol, it is terrible, in any second



an another old face for comparison




and now we have a new *beautiful face*, sorry i really use the dirty words, but this is really ugly and i am sad, because i love my character so much, i even still have arr fantasia in my inventory, because this character... she is... She's an extension of me, I never even quit the game lol and always try to be online.










the old

the new

old

new

Yes, they are even a little bit similar here, but we see what happens in the cutscenes. My character just looks angry and she is no longer a cutie.

old

new

[noumen0nn]

i am happy what some of characters really got upgrades and looks nice and people happy with that :3
I am not one of them, just look on my character
my old cutie

his new uglie


yes this is a character editor, but this is a really another character!
okay, people say, that you need check it in benchmark, okay, let us go

my current huyr always looks a little a little cute and very kind, I mean, she has a very good-natured and sweet face :3 like that one

but what we see in new custscenes? right, the ugly monster, no less lol!
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Seriously, what is it with this one shot from the benchmark and face 1 hyurs? Not to say the rest isn't bad (it is), but in this specific shot we look utterly inhuman.

[TBerry]

Seriously, what is it with this one shot from the benchmark and face 1 hyurs? Not to say the rest isn't bad (it is), but in this specific shot we look utterly inhuman.

They look like they're up to no good.