Dawntrail Graphical Update - Au Ra Feedback

[Fuyume]

Obviously your opinion is what matters most since it's your toon, but she looks like the same character to me. She just looks a little happier with the update. I think she looks great, as with all the other Au'ras I've seen. I mean you're acting like she isn't cute and adorable with the current graphics lol

Roda above me said it all, if I wanted to make a cute and adorable character originally I would've used face 1 or 2. But she mains DRK, BLM, and RPR. She has a very dark storyline. She's had a lot of trauma. I made her to reflect that she is a serious, dark character, and this was as close as I could get while still being an au ra (what can I say, I like draconic and draconic-like races) and female. I don't want to have to give her a race or gender change just to be able to have her look serious and severe again, as then I'd either have to retcon everything I've ever written about her or shoehorn in yet another fantasia plotline.

[Aadrian1234]

Obviously your opinion is what matters most since it's your toon, but she looks like the same character to me. She just looks a little happier with the update. I think she looks great, as with all the other Au'ras I've seen. I mean you're acting like she isn't cute and adorable with the current graphics lol

Cute isn't the only way a character is defined. Some of us don't want cute, and the pre-existing Face 4 model gave us that.

[Loggos]

Thank you very much!

[autoreactive]

For those who have time, I suggest crossposting your feedback to the Japanese forum, where there is a [centralized thread here] that is being used to discuss the graphical update.

I'm not sure the dev teams will have time to comb through the dozens of individual threads on the western forums, especially as most of the staff is located in Japan, so I think it's more likely that your voices will be heard on the JP forums. Many posts here are thorough and insightful, and it would be a shame to see that kind of feedback go unheard.

[I myself posted my character here] and agree with the sentiment held by many posters here - in my opinion, the female Face 4 has been bloated beyond recognition, and has lost the angular features that previously gave it a sharp and coherent aesthetic.

Many of the races really were updated beautifully, but it's hard to see my character now and not feel let down. If you feel the same, please be sure to share your thoughts at the link above.

[Iscah]

For those who have time, I suggest crossposting your feedback to the Japanese forum, where there is a [centralized thread here] that is being used to discuss the graphical update.

I will do that once I have screenshots to show.

For someone with multiple characters do you know whether they prefer people to put all their character issues in one post, or if it should be one character per post for individual voting on issues?

And do they mind if you write in English and put the Google Translate version next to it?

[hymmeli]

For those who have time, I suggest crossposting your feedback to the Japanese forum, where there is a [centralized thread here] that is being used to discuss the graphical update.

I'm not sure the dev teams will have time to comb through the dozens of individual threads on the western forums, especially as most of the staff is located in Japan, so I think it's more likely that your voices will be heard on the JP forums. Many posts here are thorough and insightful, and it would be a shame to see that kind of feedback go unheard.

[I myself posted my character here] and agree with the sentiment held by many posters here - in my opinion, the female Face 4 has been bloated beyond recognition, and has lost the angular features that previously gave it a sharp and coherent aesthetic.

Many of the races really were updated beautifully, but it's hard to see my character now and not feel let down. If you feel the same, please be sure to share your thoughts at the link above.

Koji Fox has actually spoken on an event before that tells that they do check all of the forums despite language barrier. Koji got called in once, by Yoshida and the Japanese team, over the larboard and starboard incident when that one Omega fight was initially released which had caused a bunch of activity on the English forums and they had asked him to explain what was going on. So they likely are checking in on all of the language forums as well. And, considering how big of an incident this has become across multiple languages, I've even seen some Chinese speakers on twitter talking about all of this, I can only imagine what the FF14 dev offices are like right now.

[autoreactive]

I will do that once I have screenshots to show.

For someone with multiple characters do you know whether they prefer people to put all their character issues in one post, or if it should be one character per post for individual voting on issues?

And do they mind if you write in English and put the Google Translate version next to it?

Regarding the number of characters per post - I've seen people do either one without issue. I think making one post with all of your concerns in it is fine, unless you have detailed analyses for each that are long enough to need their own post.

As for language - I used Google Translate to Japanese and did not post the original English version, and most people contributing with non-Japanese native languages seem to be doing the same. The couple of posts I made over there seemed well received despite only having the translated Japanese - the posters over there seem mature and respectful, so they're receptive to western feedback too.

[Moonsprite]

I like most the changes to the Au Ra scales, both Xaela and especially the less yellow Raen scales. My only complaints with the changes is the lack of gloss on the lips and the slight change to face 1s lip 2 size. I only play face 1 so I can’t comment on the others. I would like my lips a little bigger again please thanks.

[AstiSpumante]

I realized on lunch break that part of what bugs me is how unfinished our lizards feel so I cracked open CS6 and made some quick changes and have some suggestions if any dev makes it here to page 24. I will separate them into what I would think would be quick fixes/universal (adding pixels of color/changing color opacity) versus specific resculpts.



**Quicker fixes**
1) White Freckle at 2 o'clock on the iris - Have it toggle on/off in other features like eye liner. Lets people have dead eyes if they want or toggle this on to force a little life into the eyes. The positioning would also work to hide it when squinting or doing that malevolence emote.
2) Smaller pupil - Top is marginally smaller, bottom is way smaller. This is waaay lower priority for me but helps the eyes pop since it seems like most of us lizards choose colorful eyes.
3) Reduce opacity of the lip color AND lipstick color along the lip line in the outer thirds of the mouth - It helps to reduce the weird pursing of lips look as well as how the lipstick looks like quickly applied matte liquid lipstick in the benchmark. Could tie the slight fade on the outer edges of the lipstick to the soft color only and leave bold as is for those who want a boldly defined lip color. If you google gradient lips or BJD doll lips you'll get an idea of the coloration (and again I would say only do that on the outer thirds of the lips, specifically at the lipline and very soft/not aggressive) but it really helps to make the lips look less flat without needing to QA gloss lighting.

**More involved suggestions, these are more specific to Female Aura Face 2**
4) Widen the lips themselves
5) Reintroduce the M shape to the line of the mouth - This one really helped bring a LOT of the life back into the mouth.
6) Extend the line of the mouth past the lips more - aka the dimples. Let our fish lizards have their big fish lizard mouths, please.