The problem isn't the fx update

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don't you also feel like everything looks vastly different in the blue aether background compared to the other backgrounds and that might be causing a lot of the issues? like maybe we're not supposed to preview them in the other backgrounds? because in the full shadows, in other backgrounds, everyone just looks awful, but it's not nearly as bad in the default background

i do think as far as actual character model/textures that the mouths were changed too much to remove their little charms, and some texturing across some faces/races that gave more character have been softened and it's a bummers

but yeah, i think overall the changes are phenomenal but there's some nitpicking and issues that are valid - but i also wonder if a lot of it is just that the lightning in different backgrounds making everything look worse
because even like... especially in gridania, textures look so muddy on some faces and icky, but then you look in the aether and it's not as bad
i think i was very redundant sorry lol

but like the difference between these two is PHENOMENAL.. same dude, different setting.. which is closer to in-game?! you know?