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

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

At risk of sounding petty, I really, really do dislike when peoples' unspoken implication is that something looking more realistic = "better". FFXIV has a distinct artstyle with most (but not all, I know) races having way larger eyes than our own, often shaped in exaggerated ways. This goes for many facial features, really.

One of the only reasons I even felt compelled to post more on the forums is so that I could find any comfort in people feeling the same as me, outside of the circle of friends who I play the game with. A few days ago on reddit I saw a 400+ upvoted comment saying they think the new teeth placement for Lalafell is better because it's more "realistic". Some reply even spoke about how they raised their head in the mirror and found their teeth looked the same way. I couldn't help but think. Just. Whuh. Are you shaped like a Lalafell too? It's not uncanny to them!? I felt like a crazy person!

I'm just gonna quote a comment from... omg lol 30 plus pages ago (this thread is really hot huh?!):

This is a good example of how something that is technically correct actually gives a worse result than something that is technically wrong. The eye glint texture is needed to avoid the uncanny dead look, it doesn't matter that the new system "is more realistic". It doesn't work with the brain's expectation of how it should look.

[FlamboyantAsBurningInferno]

I really like the Female Hrothgar but their shoulders are weird and move unnaturally sometimes and maybe they need a bit of improvement.
Some examples:

[Roda]

I really like the Female Hrothgar but their shoulders are weird and move unnaturally sometimes and maybe they need a bit of improvement.
Some examples:

I think she's missing more developed lats to smooth things out?


I noticed similar weirdness on Karlach in bg3 whose shoulder area often looked rather pinched as well and it was 'cause she didn't have that muscle peeking out from behind her arm when she raised it.

[FlamboyantAsBurningInferno]

I think she's missing more developed lats to smooth things out?


I noticed similar weirdness on Karlach in bg3 whose shoulder area often looked rather pinched as well and it was 'cause she didn't have that muscle peeking out from behind her arm when she raised it.

I actually think their shoulders should be placed differently, lower than they are now. I agree with the author in this post where I got the picture from