Graphical update/Benchmark feedback - Female midlander face 4

[ValG]

I feel like face 4 5 female midlander has changed too much, and for the worse. The structure of the face is now much more round, the expression is much more serious too. The inferior eyelids have much more makeup now, the eyes themselves are wider, the lips have less volume and texture, the eyebrows (one of the features that stands out the most for face 4 5) are now much less defined.

All the changes are incredibly subtle, but overall I feel like the identity of my character is lost. Biggest culprit for me are the rounder face though and the wider eyes.

Current first, then benchmark:


Anyone else mourning their middie?

EDIT: As someone has pointed out, this is face 5 and not face 4.

[Scintilla]

Personally, I like the change to my Midlander. I wasn't sure in some zones of the character creator but that was largely the lighting. The shadows seem absent entirely in the character creator making things look flat, but in the benchmark it looked much better. My Viera on the other hand....

[MsQi]

Look like you lost some texture in the lips while my Miqo'te gained some.

Those eyes are a very different shape.

[Souljacker]

this one too, they just all are starting to look more childlike.

[LianaThorne]

this one too, they just all are starting to look more childlike.

I can't even disagree with you on this one, fully just de-aged 10 years.

[Luluna]

That is face 5 showing there ^O^

I play as a Midlander mostly and often swap between the faces. I like the changes they make my character less cartoon like which is what they did to my old character from 1.0 and I never played that face ever since. I was gutted but they did nothing as it was for a ARR she ported and I hated it.
I do like this my Midlander looks older as I know what features to choose for that. The lips though are a bit of a issue as I liked the gloss but now it seems they look flat and most of the colours look browny/beige.

[ValG]

That is face 5 showing there ^O^

I play as a Midlander mostly and often swap between the faces. I like the changes they make my character less cartoon like which is what they did to my old character from 1.0 and I never played that face ever since. I was gutted but they did nothing as it was for a ARR she ported and I hated it.
I do like this my Midlander looks older as I know what features to choose for that. The lips though are a bit of a issue as I liked the gloss but now it seems they look flat and most of the colours look browny/beige.

Thanks for pointing it out! I edited the post to make it clear. Not sure if I can edit the thread's title though :/

[Luluna]

Thanks for pointing it out! I edited the post to make it clear. Not sure if I can edit the thread's title though :/

aww its ok It doesn't really matter ^O^

I am still having a play around in the benchmark trying to see if I can get better colour on her lips. I am on my old laptop atm because I play PS5 so I will prob spend hours fixing my character in release of the expac lol.

[nordiclania]

I feel like face 4 5 female midlander has changed too much, and for the worse. The structure of the face is now much more round, the expression is much more serious too. The inferior eyelids have much more makeup now, the eyes themselves are wider, the lips have less volume and texture, the eyebrows (one of the features that stands out the most for face 4 5) are now much less defined.

All the changes are incredibly subtle, but overall I feel like the identity of my character is lost. Biggest culprit for me are the rounder face though and the wider eyes.

Current first, then benchmark:

I play fem Viera (with face 2) and considering how I felt regarding the lip changes on that model, I absolutely feel for you. This is a dramatic difference, and not for the better. We did not ask for facial features to be changed in this manner. If they wanted to spruce things up, they could've added these new lips as more options, instead of taking away the things we've known and loved for years.

This midlander used to have a unique pair of lips, I love how juicy they look, that they have a very unique shape and shade to them, and that you can see the lip lines. I really hope they bring them back.

[Luluna]

The lips for me is one of the biggest things I have noticed. The lack of pinks and reds and like you say the juicy full mouth has gone I do like some of the changes though like the ears not being pixelated and some of the eyes look smoother. And that hairstyle makes her look she has got cauliflower ears lol