Benchmark/Graphics Update - Lip shape concern and eyes

[GreenLeafy]

One of the things that threw me off the most about my miqo was really his eyes , removed catchlight aside it just didn't feel the same. Aside of the obvious darkening of the top of the irises I couldn't quite pinpoint exactly how to explain why it didn't sit right with me. Looking at my cats today I realized the issue - he kind of lost a lot of the strong feeling of him actually having cat eyes. I've seen a lot of people talk about one of the distinctive racial features for Keepers of the Moon to be their fangs which unfortunately have been dulled down with this update. For Seekers the bonus you get is the really cool slit pupils to really resemble cat eyes and I haven't seen as much people talk about that aspect. Unfortunately for male seekers aswell if your eyes are small the darkened iris is a huge detriment to that feature as it makes your eyes appear more normal with a perpetual cast shadow even in lighting scenarios where it really shouldn't be as strong which is a bummer ! Especially since its a feature that really attracted me to Seekers to begin with. If the excuse is realism ,well , realistically cat eyes aren't the way they are in the benchmark either?
I hope that the dev team gives us an option to bring that back for Seekers!

[squiddragoon]

One of the things that threw me off the most about my miqo was really his eyes , removed catchlight aside it just didn't feel the same. Aside of the obvious darkening of the top of the irises I couldn't quite pinpoint exactly how to explain why it didn't sit right with me. Looking at my cats today I realized the issue - he kind of lost a lot of the strong feeling of him actually having cat eyes. I've seen a lot of people talk about one of the distinctive racial features for Keepers of the Moon to be their fangs which unfortunately have been dulled down with this update. For Seekers the bonus you get is the really cool slit pupils to really resemble cat eyes and I haven't seen as much people talk about that aspect. Unfortunately for male seekers aswell if your eyes are small the darkened iris is a huge detriment to that feature as it makes your eyes appear more normal with a perpetual cast shadow even in lighting scenarios where it really shouldn't be as strong which is a bummer ! Especially since its a feature that really attracted me to Seekers to begin with. If the excuse is realism ,well , realistically cat eyes aren't the way they are in the benchmark either?
I hope that the dev team gives us an option to bring that back for Seekers!

OMG yes!! You described it perfectly. The new iris texture for sun cats is pretty cute but the old feels more cat-like. The new one is IMO a bit too dark around the upper pupil and from some distance away, just looks like moon cat eyes unless the lighting in the area is really bright Wish we could have the new v old eye textures on a toggle (or perhaps have the slit on the new texture be sharper and longer like the old texture?)