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

[ValG]

I have to respectfully disagree. That is EXACTLY how cartilage behaves in that scenario. Here's some other examples of SSC from RDR2 and Uncharted. It looks identical IRL but I wanted to stick with video games. Just hold a flashlight to your finger, it's the same effect. If anything, it's kind of toned down.

So I'm not allowed to feel like it's too much because of what other games have done? Also, I'm mostly talking about how it looks on my duskwight which happens to have grey skin so the pink effect sticks like a sore thumb.

[Eluvyel]

So I'm not allowed to feel like it's too much because of what other games have done? Also, I'm mostly talking about how it looks on my duskwight which happens to have grey skin so the pink effect sticks like a sore thumb.

Of course you're allowed to not like it but you made it sound like it's just not looking right. As for your skin, it's irrelevant. It glows red because living tissue is translucent to red and near-infrared. All wave lengths of visible light get absorbed except red. The living beings actual skin color has little to no effect on this. But we should probably stop clogging up this thread now. Hope you all get a character you're happy with in the end!

[Xeronia]

Of course you're allowed to not like it but you made it sound like it's just not looking right. As for your skin, it's irrelevant. It glows red because living tissue is translucent to red and near-infrared. All wave lengths of visible light get absorbed except red. The living beings actual skin color has little to no effect on this. But we should probably stop clogging up this thread now. Hope you all get a character you're happy with in the end!

Oddly Lalafell do not have this issue on their ears if they wanted realism so I find it an odd mistake on Elezen given it isn't present on the other long ear race.

[hiedra]

I use the male midlander face #4 because I love the prominent cheekbones. I feel it gives my hyur some chatacter as not a lot of faces in the game have that sunken cheek look to them. The graphical update took this feature away as it made the face overall rounder and softer. I was able to get some of the cheekbone definition back by making the skin several shades darker, but even then it's missing a lot of the definition.

I don't hate the new look but this looks nothing like the character I've been using for years.

edit: will they be giving free fantasias with this update? because the only way to make my character look decent is to change a lot of features and whatnot


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[Eluvyel]

Oddly Lalafell do not have this issue on their ears if they wanted realism so I find it an odd mistake on Elezen given it isn't present on the other long ear race.

It's really odd that lala ears don't have support for ssc yet. I can only assume it's not done for them.

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I also want to add that ssc on Elezen ears was a talking point on their panel so it's not like it's unintended or anything. .

[NanaWiloh]

Sorry to close too release for changes now.

[Rueby]

I'm not sure anyone asked for realism, honestly I thought the graphics 'upgrade' was going to be texture upscales but I see their idea of an upgrade is to make everything rounder/smoother and adding their idea of 'beautification' without much thought to how the original model felt. I feel the new lighting/skin makes the characters look really uncanny, the game's style was never realistic- it's actually something I struggled with coming from GW2.

I've never in my life in an MMO grown attached to my character or felt genuine love/care for it- to me a character was just something to dress up. I grew to love my character in this game due to the wonderful story, I cannot fault people feeling sad over how their characters don't look like what they have grown to see and love over the years.

I don't believe this graphical update is ready for release...

[keybladesrus]

I'm mostly happy with how my character turned out, but they took my fangs! One of the defining traits of Moon cats and the whole reason to pick them over Sun cats. This is so not cool.

[GreenLeafy]

I'm not sure anyone asked for realism, honestly I thought the graphics 'upgrade' was going to be texture upscales but I see their idea of an upgrade is to make everything rounder/smoother and adding their idea of 'beautification' without much thought to how the original model felt. I feel the new lighting/skin makes the characters look really uncanny, the game's style was never realistic- it's actually something I struggled with coming from GW2.

I've never in my life in an MMO grown attached to my character or felt genuine love/care for it- to me a character was just something to dress up. I grew to love my character in this game due to the wonderful story, I cannot fault people feeling sad over how their characters don't look like what they have grown to see and love over the years.

I don't believe this graphical update is ready for release...

Couldn't have worded it better myself. Seeing someone so different on the benchmark after 8 years was incredibly jarring and upsetting.

[vhsgod]

Adding onto the issues with male Midlanders. I use face 1 for my own and he looks more doll-like in the benchmark. Brows are also paler in comparison, and eye and lip shapes have changed. Not the worst changes that can happen and I very much know the benchmark is not an accurate portrayal of the new graphics, but I am overall not very thrilled about what I'm seeing. Very uncanny valley and slightly unrecognizable.

Left is benchmark, right is current graphics.