Quote Originally Posted by Ibbers View Post
I don't deny that there are graphical improvements here and there, but you have to understand that people have a certain perspective of their character (they are the ones who made the character after all), and that's the most important thing to them. It's not exactly rocks or flowers or other inanimate objects we're talking about here.

I feel like I can speak for many people when I say that preserving the feeling o vibe of their character is far more important, and it seems like a rather unpalatable thing to give up in exchange for slightly less pixelated hair strands or somewhat softer face shadows. We're not the developers, so we don't know how easy or hard it is to preserve our characters' facial features while still improving details, but it's not unreasonable to give them feedback to ask if they could try to make them look more similar. If it's too difficult or time-consuming, no harm no foul to the developers, but hey, at least we asked right?
I wholeheartedly agree with you. However, I don't see such drastic changes in the comparison pics you've provided to warrant that kind of impact. If you did not post a side by side with the differences pointed out, and instead showed me two separate images of your character, I could still tell it is her from one to the next.

Now if the changes were along the lines of this magnitude...



... I would have nothing but sympathy. This is pure, unadulterated, uglification. This is what I have been looking for with the majority of complaints about the graphical update, or what appears to me, to not be an improvement at all. I have definitely seen some of the latter where the current version looks better than the Benchmark. This is especially true with the male avatars.

Also just to be clear, I don't have a problem with the body shape or the clothes. It's just the facial features. And I'm not sure if you read my post in full, but as I've said, I've actually ran the benchmark in full to observe my character and the facial features were still off.
Yes, I always read the posts of people I respond to in full. I do offer my condolences if you are not happy with the update. However, I find your Middy to be very beautiful in both versions. You've done quite well with the options given to you.