Updated benchmark

[PaulusHamsteru]

Here's a comparsion pic of my character. They completely changed his face and I hate it.


Full size pics : https://imgur.com/7r7eFup

[Lieri]

Shinier lips, thats about it for me. Seems like the lips remained unchanged. Its still larger than current one (Endwalker).

[Friske]

I was initially irked by how flat and cake-ish the characters looked in 1.0, but I'm so glad they updated them in time for release!

Here's the differences between my Lalafell:
https://imgsli.com/MjY5MzUz

There really was no need to overly improve upon the details of the Lalafell's face if you can even put it that way, so any additional minor improvements like better lighting are welcome extras. The shadows and lighting improvements stand out the most, which results in a more rounded, 3d looking Lalafell face as I'm sure was intended in the first place!

I think the only thing I miss from the original benchmark are the way the eyes look (indoors at least). The olive colour that I'm partial to looks dull and flat, and misses that bright and shiny look of the old. There's also this lighter shade of green underneath that helps to sell the 3d look of the eye, that's sadly missing from the new. Dunesfolk eyes should be bright, round, and glassy which they almost nailed in the old one, so I do hope they do another pass over the eyes before launch.

[Ardeth]

Ironically, as a Hyur who passed the first outrage, I now look worse, but I'm also not that broken up about it. I blame my own shadow settings before I blame SE on this one, but my taoster of a PC tried.

[Aniise]

Well..as a male Viera Face 3 player, which got hit pretty hard in the first benchmark, I personally feel like they saved my baby boy with the update



<-Endwalker / Dawntrail Benchmark before update->



Dawntrail Benchmark after update

I like it. <3 The lips and eyes look so much better. Especially the lips!

[Minali]

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Added a comparison screenshot of how my Miqo'te face 4 mouth looks in the game at the moment. Should make it easier to spot the difference. The lighting in the new benchmark character creator is still a bit brighter, but I tried to get it as close as possible. (I am amazed how many weird weathers Central Thanalan has for a desert place. The one "clear skies" lately was around night... xD )

[DrForester]

Miqote: "Can our fangs be longer?"
Devs: "Can do!"


Elezan: "Our nose is a off, can it be fixed?"
Devs: "You got it!"


Au Ra: "We have special eyes..."
Devs: "You have special eyes."


Hrothgals: "Can we get more than 5 hairstyles?"
Devs: "Piss off."

[AnotherPerson]

Miqote: "Can our fangs be longer?"
Devs: "Can do!"


Elezan: "Our nose is a off, can it be fixed?"
Devs: "You got it!"


Au Ra: "We have special eyes..."
Devs: "You have special eyes."


Hrothgals: "Can we get more than 5 hairstyles?"
Devs: "Piss off."

Hrothgar: Can male Hrothgars get their hunchback adjusted like male viera's posture fixes, or turned into a toggle for those who don't like the hunchback? At the very least to match female Hrothgar's straight backs?
SE: *silent*

Hrothgar treated differently and suffering in general it seems.

[cutestfox]

Added a comparison screenshot of how my Miqo'te face 4 mouth looks in the game at the moment. Should make it easier to spot the difference. The lighting in the new benchmark character creator is still a bit brighter, but I tried to get it as close as possible. (I am amazed how many weird weathers Central Thanalan has for a desert place. The one "clear skies" lately was around night... xD )

It is on all the mouths for face 3... it's way too much

[Darkstride]

Miqote: "Can our fangs be longer?"
Devs: "Can do!"


Elezan: "Our nose is a off, can it be fixed?"
Devs: "You got it!"


Au Ra: "We have special eyes..."
Devs: "You have special eyes."


Hrothgals: "Can we get more than 5 hairstyles?"
Devs: "Piss off."

Highlanders: "Can we have eyebrows?"
Devs: "what's a Highlander?"