So from a quick glance before I need to sleep, they've improved the "dead eye" look and added some gloss to the lips of my characters back, but that's about it. None of the other issues I had were fixed at all.
Male Miqo'te face 4 now has a resting smile and softer eyes, when I purposely chose it for a more harsh, no-nonsense look. The vacant stoned look the first benchmark gave him is still there.
Female au ra face 3 still lost all of her lip shape and her smile, and something is off about the shape of her eyes too.
It's a step in the right direction in regards to the lighting, but everyone who previously said "it's just the lighting!" uh, no, clearly it is not.