Character Update: Positive Feedback

[Plushy]

Hello.
I don't post much on the fourms but I felt I need to have my voice heard in regards to the graphics update because I very much love the character changes.
More so for Au ra's, Midlanders and Miqo'te's.

My favorite change is au ra's enlarged pupils, them being bigger made them extremely cute and doll like, if anything were to be adjusted I would love for that to stay the same.

I noticed there is a big difference of opinions for the characters update on the ffxiv official fourms vs other social media/fourms so I want to show that there are many people happy with the changes.

Before I post them I want to say that: This thread is not meant to Dismiss, Brush off or Invalidate, peoples valid worries about the graphics update.

I made this thread to show that there are many happy players that love the changes to their characters such as myself and my friends.
I'm not sure how far SE looks for feedback and if they limited it to the fourms so I want to show SE these peoples love for their new looks.

These links will be from Twitter/X and Reddit. All these posts have high amount of likes from posters that don't have many followers so its not a case of their followers boosting their posts and People just overall happy with their character.
https://twitter.com/Moogiedaisuki/st...71727667077478 1.2k Likes - Elezen

https://twitter.com/piqffxiv/status/1779525816579416326 1.4 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/NINNYANG_/status...37478270967938 1.8 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/46sun/status/1779433791112757445 A massive 4.1k likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/cobacci/status/1779569485223235866 500 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/46sun/status/1779431396723020160 630 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/46sun/status/1779444456779100461 739 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/starrdiver/statu...514143/photo/1 513 likes - Au ra

https://twitter.com/qalexiaffxiv/sta...26015631266105 - Elezen

https://twitter.com/MoonfallenFFXIV/...65388953964957 - Au ra

https://twitter.com/ShufieArt/status...61276063715363 - Au ra

https://twitter.com/TheSmolls/status...90597394813116 - Male Viera

https://twitter.com/RedBlackKnight7/...16206212415549 - Au ra

https://twitter.com/vtalon123/status...75804578947577 - Miqo'te

https://twitter.com/Yumi__FFXIV/stat...36655374139755 - Viera

https://twitter.com/MoonCatZara/stat...43553159848175 - Miqo'te [Along with a tip in getting good lighting for your character]

As you can see; Au ra players seem to be the most happy and liked.
More so because of the eyes, however; some did have some niggles but were overall happy.

Now for a few reddit posts.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._to_dawntrail/ - 687 likes - Roe

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...got_concerned/ -632 likes - Lalafell

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...g_your_camera/ - 932 likes - Au ra [This one also showcases that lighting can really change how your character looks, if you haven't tried. Go test to see if your character appears a little better if you're not happy]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ith_how_their/ - 65 likes - Male Au ra

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._my_duskwight/ - 518 likes - Elezen

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ooking_gooood/ - 213 likes - Male Highlander

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...r_are_hot_now/ - 809 likes - Male Elezen and Male Midlander

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ive_than_ever/ - 672 Likes - Miqo'te

And if possible if any adjustments are made. I would love if Au Ra, Midlander and Miqo'te Eyes stay as they are in the dawntrail benchmark.

If anybody wants to help spread awareness that people are enjoying their character from X or Reddit please post them and thank you for reading.

Also post what change you liked about your character!

Thank You for all your hard work FFXIV Dev Team! I can't wait for dawntrail.

[CVXIV]

So far I like what I have experienced with the benchmark.
I think my Rava looks pretty close to what I had intended, and didn't have to change any settings which I was worried about initially - though I believe Yoshi-p mentioned previously that with the graphics update people will receive a free fantasia to alter their appearance.

There are some things that struck me as different, but they weren't deal breakers or anything.
For example his nose and lips got noticeably darker despite me not using the lip color setting or that facial feature for face 1 male.
It struck me especially odd when I did turn on the option for the nose and could barely tell the difference, but maybe that's just me.

[Oizen]

I like how it looks for the most part, I'm definately not going to be a whiny baby and make a 40 page general thread complaining that my lips are slightly less shiny, that be silly.

[Tsumdere]

This is just my personal desires and I'm not trying to diminish what other people are feeling. I would support changes to models to maintain their original feel. Except for the eye lights and glowy ears.

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General - I love the new eyes! They are leagues above what we currently have. They'll look amazing in proper non-benchmark lighting.

Elezen Male - I really love the long dramatic, dark lashes. I like how they smoothed out the faces because that is how I always envisioned my particular character.
The glowy ears are absolutely amazing and if they take them away because a few people dislike them (light shining through ears like that is always red/pink - observe black cats) I will be actually super disappointed.

Miqo'te Female - Big win. Personally, I think every Miqo I've seen is just a flat upgrade. My best friend has a Keeper face 4 Miqo and, besides the fangs, she's over the moon (ha). She's so in love with her girl and I agree. Her character is extremely cute now.

[Sated]

I'm really happy with my male elezen, the only problem I have is how washed out all the colors look but I think gamma and in-game lighting (not character creator's horrible settings) might address that concern. But the details in his features were preserved well and his eyes are stunning - it's hard to look away ♥

Overall my favorite changes are the definition in the eyes and darkness of the lids.

Not all of my characters came out as well as I'd hoped, but I've found that if I go into the benchmark and create my characters from scratch instead of importing them and comparing them side-by-side with their live counterparts that I am happier with the new benchmark results.

There are clearly some things that can't be overlooked and do need to be addressed either because the features were changed too drastically or are objectively broken, but I think the fantasias will help a lot of situations where it's a slight difference that is less noticeable when it's not being held side-by-side.

And I say this as an artist who has tens of thousands of screenshots of my 15+ characters; it's not that I am unfamiliar with the intricacies of my characters' facial differences and how they have been changed that I'm not here with a pitchfork. I think maybe I was just more lucky that the devs' vision for the faces just happened to align more with what I saw in mine. (...or it might be because I had experienced Warcraft's graphical update)

[Fawkes]

https://twitter.com/wZ0CalTIGcu0C6m/...30799497642247 - A MASSIVE 154 likes

[CidHeiral]

Other than the weird lip thing going on that they hopefully change I absolutely love how they handled female Highlander Face 1. Give whoever did that one a raise.

[mallleable]

Despite knowing I'm gonna have to make some slight adjustments to my character, and some other weirdness I've seen posted here, I am really impressed with the changes.

[SnowStar]

I love how miqote face 4 looks in the benchmark and I'll fantasia to that when the update will roll out ^^

[Cheapshot]

I'm honestly pretty heartbroken over the Miqo face 4 changes personally. I really think what we need more is more CC options, rather than changing existing features to make them conventionally prettier. I would love a best of both worlds for everyone where people who feel they're losing their characters original personality don't have to be at odds with people who like the new features better. Untie eyebrow colour from hair. Offer independent lash and makeup options. Offer more mouthes and noses to choose from. Fang length selector like Hroth got! After 10 years I think upgrading the character creator should also be added to the agenda. It doesn't have to be us vs them over our characters features. At least, that's what I hope for!