Viera Changes

[Luca_]

It feels dumb to be this upset over an update to a video game but man, I'm gutted. That's a completely different character.


- Eyebrows have pretty much been removed

- Eyes are very uncanny with inhumanly white sclera and a totally different iris color/pupil shape

- Skin is a different color, the cool undertone is completely gone

- Lips are overly defined and a different shape/color, he looks actively upset for some reason

- Makeup is toned way way down

- Hair has smooth textures with super rough edges and is a completely different color (black hair seems to be that gross washed out gray across the board though)


I'll be disappointed but not surprised if they force this update on us pretty much unchanged from its current state. It's so bad.

[GodModule]

It feels dumb to be this upset over an update to a video game but man, I'm gutted. That's a completely different character.

.

The update completely destroyed him..... Please I am begging you to fix this

What happened to their playful smirks? Now they look like they want to cry

[SongOfTheWind]

What happened to their playful smirks? Now they look like they want to cry

I mean... I would want to cry too.

[Kouren]

Square, please.



This is a race-specific and gender-specific hairstyle. Both this version and the swept-back fringe version have a gap between the hair and the side of the face, no matter which face style is chosen. Why?

[Doopliss]

Square, please.



This is a race-specific and gender-specific hairstyle. Both this version and the swept-back fringe version have a gap between the hair and the side of the face, no matter which face style is chosen. Why? It looks fine in the live environment; this is specific to the Dawntrail models.

Oh damn it. I posted in this thread yesterday and mentioned, among several problems, that my fem Viera's racial hairstyle also appeared to have gaps that aren't present in the live game.

My male Viera uses the same hairstyle as you, but I missed it on him... After seeing this, I'd honestly recommend everyone double-check their hairstyles--probably on other races, too.

[Boblawblah]

Did they really use subsurface scattering for bunny ears?? LOL

[Kouren]

The glowing ears seem to be a problem with the half-folded 'lop' ears. specifically; I haven't seen anyone with the upright ear styles making similar complaints. It feels probable this is one of the multiple texture problems present in the benchmark. (ie. One of the hairstyles that previously had black ear tips for male Mi'qote now shows the markings so faded, they're almost invisible. Lalafel, Roegadyn and Viera nose markings are also inconsistently applied with a similar-seeming issue.)

[Roda]

Did they really use subsurface scattering for bunny ears?? LOL

They seem to be trying to!
(as they should! it's a nice detail!)
It just doesn't seem to be working properly :x

[Lady_J]

Also adding in my hat to not quite being satisfied with what they did to the Veena Viera. I feel like their features have been a little too airbrushed into obscurity ( if that makes sense ) and the designs would benefit for a retouch of the fairly sharper, more pronounced lines we used to have to add more depth and dimension to their faces, primarily when it comes to their eyes. They used to look warmer, now I admit they look more like a blank doll. Which is to say, I too would love to have the catchlight back!

And although I doubt it'll make the Dawntrail release, I feel like we'd benefit so much if we could have the full color wheel at our disposal rather than simply selected colors that may come off as too dark or too light from how we actually want our Warriors of Light to look. If we could choose the exact shades we'd want, I feel like it'd help a lot in easing some of these grievances with them looking too muted with the new lighting/shadows, etc. That way the dev's could simply focus on trying to make sure the game lighting itself highlights everyone properly and fine-tune from there.

[Kouren]

Also adding in my hat to not quite being satisfied with what they did to the Veena Viera. I feel like their features have been a little too airbrushed into obscurity ( if that makes sense ) and the designs would benefit for a retouch of the fairly sharper, more pronounced lines we used to have to add more depth and dimension to their faces, primarily when it comes to their eyes. They used to look warmer, now I admit they look more like a blank doll. Which is to say, I too would love to have the catchlight back!

Part of the reason Veena specifically look a little strange in the eyes is because their pupils are much smaller than they used to be. Although they are still larger than their Rava counterparts, I miss the Veena pupil we have right now.