A Follow-up Regarding the Dawntrail Official Benchmark

[LaylaTsarra]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...d1d9f0db152d31

My current estimate for replacing the benchmark is the latter half of the week of May 23

[mallleable]

Nice! Benchmark 2 at the end of the month. Very appreciated!

[Larirawiel]

I guess, there will be benchmark 3. Because the Viera players will complain about their noses and Miqo players about their fangs. xD





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[Doozer]

I guess, there will be benchmark 3. Because the Viera players will complain about their noses and Miqo players about their fangs. xD





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[Taliriah]

They are in crunch mode, working on Saturdays. And people will still complain after it releases.

[Reinha]

They are in crunch mode, working on Saturdays. And people will still complain after it releases.

Well, other forum posters told us not to complain yet because the lighting in the benchmark was bad. So I assume people can complain when the lighting matches Danwtrail quality but their characters still don't look right.

[Carin-Eri]

I guess, there will be benchmark 3. Because the Viera players will complain about their noses and Miqo players about their fangs. xD





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I get the impression they're aware of said issues:

"Having said that, our players graciously provided a tremendous amount of feedback with screenshots, which helped us quickly determine our direction for fixes and adjustments, as well as identify points to address. We hope to return this favour by addressing as many points as possible, and I would appreciate it if you could bear with us a while longer as we solidify a release date for the updated benchmark."

[Luluna]

I actually like the changes. I think a lot of the updates where so much nicer and less cartoon like. I do agree there where issues like the fangs and also the lips on the races I play looked too matte but that was it.
I feel it got blown out of all proportion and half the time I could not tell what was before or after as the changes are subtle.

I fantasia a lot since they changed my lovely cat from 1.0 but we where given a fantasia and have to embrace the cartoon look and that was it. I feel sorry for the workload some of the artists will have my daughter is a lead artist in a games company and she is snowed under at times so I hope they are being paid well and looked after.

I do hope that players are happy with the new benchmark but you can't please everyone. I know there was a lot who liked the changes.

[LianaThorne]

They are in crunch mode, working on Saturdays. And people will still complain after it releases.

People will complain regardless of how many hours the devs work. Some of the complaints were also warranted (for example, the botched hair textures on certain styles, beards having patches missing under the chin, etc.).

Personally I'd rather people make complaints when there are obvious flaws, it's not a bad thing. The devs should be able to handle criticism when they're providing a service to people (i.e. an MMO), because ultimately our satisfaction is what matters. We are literally paying to play this game.

It blows my mind how many people have tried to silence those who have had issues with the benchmark simply for the sake of not delaying Dawntrail because it's inconvenient for them and their schedules.

Like, does that crowd not think the issues the other side have been seeing are also not an inconvenience for them?

At the end of the day, I'd rather them take their time and produce a quality product (especially after the disaster the last year or so has been with Endwalker) than rush things out and ignore issues that people have just so others don't mess up their vacations days.

[OceanWater]

I'm happy they're listening to the player base and making changes quickly. I don't get the other half of this community that's actually upset and disappointed that SE . . . listened to player feedback.