Character graphical changes are NOT in an acceptable state, please make it optional

[BadAtGames]

My midlander character looks great with the graphics update! But the changes they made to my male viera? Completely heinous. How is this even acceptable? Why does he look like an aquatic freak that just crawled out of the ocean? Can he AT LEAST have his EYEBROWS back!?!

I've mostly noticed this on male viera characters. These are literally the newest models in the game & they really did not need to change like this.

[CidHeiral]

My midlander character looks great with the graphics update! But the changes they made to my male viera? Completely heinous. How is this even acceptable? Why does he look like an aquatic freak that just crawled out of the ocean? Can he AT LEAST have his EYEBROWS back!?!

I've mostly noticed this on male viera characters. These are literally the newest models in the game & they really did not need to change like this.

Did you run him through the actual benchmark? Looks like the one on the right is in the middle of that fair skies/cloudy weather that cycles in the creator. It gives everything a shine like that.

[Esmoire]

My midlander looks really, really good with the update. Lucked out; probably won't have to change anything.

[Boa-Noah]

Honestly I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when people say they don't like the new skin, it just looks better to me, the current skin is 100% smooth plastic and the new skin at the worst just looks like fake skin, but way not even close to the ugly monotone plastic we have currently.

[wylantar]

Its really crazy to me how jarring the difference is in quality of the new hair compared to the old hair textures.

[NanaWiloh]

Things that assured right now.
1. Expansion not being delayed
2. Not all issues currently presented being addressed before launch.
3. Dev team tackling as many as possible.
4. Somethings not changing at all.

[Toastheaven]

The lips are definitely my most disliked aspect of the new models; There's no definition to them anymore and just look fuzzy and low-res. Same with my elezen's nose, which used to be wonderfully defined with the old lighting shadows but now almost disappears into his face. The lack of depth to shadows definitely hurts the look, even more so than the perpetual greasy shine to everything.

[cakesphere]

The lips are definitely my most disliked aspect of the new models; There's no definition to them anymore and just look fuzzy and low-res. Same with my elezen's nose, which used to be wonderfully defined with the old lighting shadows but now almost disappears into his face. The lack of depth to shadows definitely hurts the look, even more so than the perpetual greasy shine to everything.

This is where I'm at. My elezen in game has wonderfully defined cheekbones and brow ridge and in benchmark he just...doesn't. He looks very round. If I wanted a round, smooth face I would have played a catgirl.

[EstelleCere]

I feel like I will just be posting the similar thing in these threads, but the main thing like others have said that I dislike is the lips. In some faces they look fine, but in a lot of them they look weird, or have some creepy smile. My fish au ra has flat lips and no pout, and my sun cat looks like she has a creepy smile. I dunno, maybe it's just me. I'm not trying to be a hater or anything but I hope some things get changed before DT release lol

[aulierre]

Agreeing with everything written in OP's post. Thank you for your well thought-out post, OP!