Dawntrail Graphical Update - Au Ra Feedback

[GoatOfWar]

I was disappointed when I first loaded up my character. It was mainly the limbal rings. I much prefer them bright and glowy, but I remember they mentioned at Japan Fanfest there would be the option for both, so I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt there, assuming the option just hasn't been implemented yet. Imagine my surprise when I took screenshots to compare and contrast:



It isn't just the limbal rings that have changed- the shape of her eyes is different! It's a subtle change, but it makes a big difference. She doesn't even look like the same character anymore. I'm very unhappy.

It's not subtle, the mouth looks fucking horrible, the eyes are dim and the nose loks wider.

[GoatOfWar]

I find the new one better personally, but as with my own issue, this shouldn't replace the existing one, it should be added as a new face preset. No one should lose the one they liked and right now, it seems like nearly every fem Au Ra is in that situation, we no longer have what we liked about our characters.

I don't really care whatever other people like more, that's just not my character anymore.

[Ryu_Makkuro]

Note about the glowy Limbal Rings, they glow much more in the benchmark in lighter area's, less so in darker. So if switch to the other area's or run the benchmark itself, you'll notice they'll be much closer to the old versions. It's not ideal by any means, but I think it's a pretty good middle ground overall.

[crystallineAbyss]

The game's always had a rough time with dark skin, but this is frankly upsetting wrt Xaela.



In limsa, she looks green. There's parts around the scales that have light pixels, her undertone is lifeless and just looks bad, there's automatic eyeshadow and what looks like lipgloss when I don't use either of those, and it's just...it's really disappointing?? I was hoping the dark skin would look good for once, and now here we are. Also she looks lighter than what I have in my pfp...just c'mon.

[AvaloniaFallen]

My lizard looks SO strange in the benchmark. Her mouth looks completely different.

[Fourbestintoner]

Good to see the good old problem of the extra scales standing out is still there.
The literal 1 thing I wanted them to fix.

[Azalea_Forest]

It's not subtle, the mouth looks fucking horrible, the eyes are dim and the nose loks wider.

The nose looks the same to me, I just think the lighting is affecting the way it looks. I had to look through the thread a bit to get a feel with what was wrong with the mouth- I think it's a lot less obvious on my girl, but the creases along the sides of the lips have been toned down significantly. To my eyes, it doesn't look like the shape of the lips themselves have changed, but those creases did a lot to make the mouth look wider. Without them it just looks a bit off. I don't know how to feel about all that- I was mainly focused on my poor girl's eyes.

[GoatOfWar]

The nose looks the same to me, I just think the lighting is affecting the way it looks. I had to look through the thread a bit to get a feel with what was wrong with the mouth- I think it's a lot less obvious on my girl, but the creases along the sides of the lips have been toned down significantly. To my eyes, it doesn't look like the shape of the lips themselves have changed, but those creases did a lot to make the mouth look wider. Without them it just looks a bit off. I don't know how to feel about all that- I was mainly focused on my poor girl's eyes.

We have the same issues, Au ra face 2, same colored eyes and mouth type.
My character looks unrecognisable, and idk about you but looking at this makes me not want to play DT.

[duckslap]

I'm very upset with this... mainly with the eyes and lips.

I don't like the dilated pupils at all. The limbals not being on the very outer edge makes the irises look smaller as well.

The lips have lost all their definition and look a bit thinner. Lip shine should be added back, at least as a toggle.

[lunrar]

Au Ra face 2 also looks drastically different. It's not the lighting. The features themselves changed and not in a subtle manner, especially the lips. It doesn't look good.

I'll have to use the free fantasia SE will give us.