The reason r/ffxiv is having such a different reaction is because that place is a toxic positivity hugbox where anyone saying they take issue with or dislike anything about the game is downvoted into oblivion. They are the most parasocial to Yoshi-P and Square Enix XIV community on the internet. I've had better, more nuanced discussions on r/shitpostXIV and the bar is on the floor there. Not to mention that a Reddit thread isn't a great place to post a bunch of comparison pictures. Most of the people with issues, like me, have very specific parts of the face we can point to and say "look at this, it looks worse now." Reddit just isn't a good place structurally for me to post about the topic.