Quote Originally Posted by prairie View Post
Sharing my character in all environments to show the difference the lighting makes. The update improves shadows and lighting in some environments but it's definitely lacking in others.

Gallery:
https://imgur.com/1nrWg1j

The Inn and La Noscea environments actually showcase beautiful new renderings--the lips definition is still there, I'm overall very happy except for the pupil size change!

The Aetherial Sea, Thanalan and Shroud environments show an entirely different character, imo. The lips lose definitely, the facial structure is flattened and the eyes look dull and harsh at the same time.

Makes me wonder if this is just a lighting issue? That said, I really do hope the devs see the feedback about Veena pupil size and fix this because I adore my original characters eyes! They really define her whole face and the new eyes give her a whole different vibe somehow.

Very interesting to see how drastically the lighting changes the whole look and feel of the face, especially when you can see in the original (current) graphics that facial structure isn't affected as much.
i do think the lightning in areas other than the blue aetherial sea is the biggest issue and that if they updated/changed/fixed/provided a better setting with updated lighting to previews a lot of things wouldn't look nearly as bad <3