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

[WiccaP]

I think the reasons I dont have a problem necessarily with the graphics changes, and I'll admit there are some issues, is based on 2 things.

1. I have never put that much weight into what my WoL looks like. Yes I want the character to look good, but the minute details, like the whole lip seperation straight line vs curved that we're seeing now doesn't bother me. My WoL changes its appearance based on how Im feeling at the time. I phantasia probably every few months, so I dont think Im doing what it appears that some people are, which is hyperfocus. Which is not to say others are wrong to want every detail exactly how they want it. Also the characters I've done in the benchmark dont seem to have the issues like waxy/texture skin that some people are having or Im not noticing it; and I like the depth they've put into the eyes without the static white cartoon dot.

2. I ran the bench mark a few times with other character models before making one that resembles my current WoL, which I feel like eased me into the new graphics. I think there's a level of uncanny valley going on with a lot of players. For the most part, photo's and vids of characters Ive seen on here and other platforms look very similiar to the current models but there is something slightly different. And for people who are very tied to their WoL looking a specific way, its jarring and I think part of the discourse around it is because of that Uncanny effect.

I do believe that what we're seeing in the Benchmark, is not the fully flushed out and finished graphics we'll see at launch.

Also with the lips, I personally prefer the newer graphics. I found that one option, the larger lip(I think 2), always looked like they were stuck on the face and didn't move right and reminded me very much of those people who have a lot of lip filler that looked too large and overly shiny for the face. I just wish they would make the dark lip options more pigmented. Like if I choose black lip color and dark, it shouldn't be a dark gray it should be black and give the option of matte or shine.

I also think there may be quite a bit of over dramatization going on in the forums on all sides of the spectrum. People are allowed to have their feelings and they aren't wrong for not liking something, but I dont understand the mentality that these graphics changes have "ruined the game". I guess because I've been playing since HW and every expansion or update, there's always those people who say that and that their unsubbing and want a refund. And Im sitting here like if you've stuck around through the good, the bad and the ugly that we've had in previous expansions, this graphics update aint anything. Lets be honest with our feedback, but lets give them something they can actually use, not just "All of this is crap and IM quiting"