Highlander Eyebrows - 7.0 Graphics

[potatsdevourer]

Ah yes. Of course Miqo‘te and Lalas first. Forgot that highlanders are still stuck in little A‘la Mhigo and its whatever eyebrowlessness culture.

Feel disappointed, not surprised tho. I would expect even more disappointment on the new benchmark release.

[Shookbeast]

But maybe if we keep posting our enthusiasm for eyebrows, someone will notice and slip them in (:

[Yencat]

No, they basically said the proper lighting (which was missing in the benchmark) will fix most issues. They did show examples, on Miquo'te, and the improvement is noticeable.

And then they talked about addressing feedback on Miquote and Lalafell teeth.

Highlanders aren't important.

I had the same thought after the previous live letter and felt a little annoyed for you all. But after giving it some more thought, I think it's mostly a case of restoring what was previously there (the fangs) vs. adding something new (highlander eyebrows).
It is unfortunate because there are many races with issues and complaints, but I guess they chose to go with the easy wins to pacify the loudest complaints, and I suppose that's fair enough.

Now, hopefully restoring what was there previously does actually include fixing the eyebrow face paint as well! But there should still be the option to have actual eyebrows. People may want to use the face paint option for an actual face paint that isn't faux eyebrows, and I can't imagine the eyebrow face paint working particularly well in anything other than dark colors.

The new benchmark should be out soon, and while I don't necessarily expect them to have added eyebrows, I do hope there are at least fixes and improvements for the other issues mentioned in this thread.

[potatsdevourer]

at this point i just want them to put the face paint back to where it was. benchmark moves the facepaint and the result is different face expression since highlander is under mercy of facepaint eyebrow unlike other races.

personally, if they even bother making eyebrows, they would have announced it anyway since it is new feature and as per usual, gotta keep the expectation as low as possible

[Darkstride]

at this point i just want them to put the face paint back to where it was. benchmark moves the facepaint and the result is different face expression since highlander is under mercy of facepaint eyebrow unlike other races.

personally, if they even bother making eyebrows, they would have announced it anyway since it is new feature and as per usual, gotta keep the expectation as low as possible

Yeah, I'd also be content with at least having the facepaint fixed for now. But as of the Benchmark release, they changed the positioning and it looks awful and almost comedic.

[Malthir]

I'm with you, man. The face paint option has helped up to this point but it already looks rough any time the camera gets close to my character. It's only gonna look rougher in comparison as everything gets crisper after the update. I tried the benchmark today myself and I was also pretty bummed with how it looked.

I feel like the game is long past the point where the lore can explain male highlander players not having the option to use eyebrows. We've seen two highlander characters appear in the story with eyebrows. We've also seen highlanders from a huge variety of cultures and I simply find it hard to believe a practice like shaving eyebrows would be followed ubiquitously across all of them.



I'm sure you're not alone. I bet a lot of people would give highlanders a try if they could use eyebrows. They're pretty much the only medium build male character model.

While I would agree with you it looks dumb, it's cannon that if you're a highlander WoL you're Ala Mhigan, which means you shave your eyebrows culturally.

[Darkstride]

While I would agree with you it looks dumb, it's cannon that if you're a highlander WoL you're Ala Mhigan, which means you shave your eyebrows culturally.

I'm genuinely curious where it is stated in the game that the WoL is Ala Mhigan and follows their cultural behaviors.

[RethDaron]

I wonder how much work it would be to add a few more eyebrow 'paint' options for Highlanders.

[Darkstride]

I wonder how much work it would be to add a few more eyebrow 'paint' options for Highlanders.

Probably the same amount of work to add actual eyebrows.

[Equitable_Remedy]

The only way to have brows since launch is to use the makeup option amd essentially paint them on.

There is another option.