Updated benchmark

[Coerced]

Honestly I prefer it. Always felt my elezen had "resting bitch face" lol, so I am glad to see her smile. That said I get it will be different for everyone. Cant please everyone, alas

You could please most if the adjusted features were added as new options as opposed to replacing old ones.

[Priddy]

Bald hairstyles still aren't upscaled, still have a texture seam around the whole head, and now have a brand new lighting seam that didn't exist before, so it's actually worse.

I like the intentional changes and the new benchmark looks much better. But the technical issues that basically ruin my character are still there and it looks like I'm going to need to fantasia even though I don't want to.

https://imgur.com/a/JFsK2lB

[NorthernLadMSP]

OMG I'm so happy they fixed the brand new hairstyle for Viera, Miqo'te and Hrothgar. I really wanted to use it, but in the first Benchmark it looked kind of ridiculous around the area where the normal human ears would have been. They filled in those weird gaps with hair, and it looks so much better now.

Before.





After

[Worldhopper]

New benchmark is MASSIVELY improved. I can tell there are still a few changes (mostly the lip shape) but overall my character is actually recognizable as herself again.

[baby_lon]

I am happy! I was very very sad with the last benchmark as it didn't look like my lalafell and no changes I made could restore her. But I didn't have to change anything at all here, and she looks exactly like she does in Endwalker

Here is the old benchmark:


Here is the new benchmark:


I'm really happy that the eyes and the nose smudge were fixed.

Additionally, I noticed this bug, I think? I don't really mind it because at least my lalafell looks the way I want her to, but I thought I should mention. Not sure why the eyelashes go grey in shadows.




Anyways, thank you devs for changes I hope they keep making changes and by Dawntrail everyone is happy with their WOL too!

[Supersnow845]

Agreed with everything said. The changes to the lips make my WoL look incredibly creepy. That perpetual smile just doesn't right, and for a moment I thought I was looking to a Face 1 character. It changes the vibe of Face 4 completely, and there isn't even a lip option without it either!

That aside, I could swear my hairstyle has dropped in resolution again. I can't test it because i don't have the previous benchmark but it has a lot of pixelation everywhere:



EDIT:

Also, what wrong with the eyes and eyebrows? The eyebrows are thinner and pushed further apart from the eyes now. The overall shape for both is slightly different and not in a good way. And because of the default stance for male miqo'te you rarely if ever get highlights in the eyes in the benchmark.

I really think they need to fix the default male miqote positioning because with the slight “look down” male miqote always have the parts of the eyes you do see on them just looking straight at them still have the same dopey dead the problem the original benchmark had, that or the real reflected light has to be pulled down on the miqote eyes so you still see the real reflected “catchlight” so to speak

Also love the deryk hair. Deryk is my in game husband

[Thais]

I posted in the other topic for feedback so I'll quote my post from there:

I'm fairly pleased with the changes on my Midlander. In the original benchmark, I noticed his eyes were differently shaped but was prepared to live with the change. I'm happy that they restored his eye shape! His face looks about as close to the original as possible.



Unfortunately, there's still the issue of the eyebrow change and I really do feel that the thinning of them changes his expression somewhat. I was hoping it was a scaling issue but it seems to be a design choice. However, I do wish to see those brought closer to how they look before the graphics update as it was my only real nitpick of how he looks.

Even still, I'm very happy and looking at the second image, you can see just how much he looks like himself before the graphics update.





The devs have done a great job and I hope they continue to tweak some of these more minor issues.

[Kuro_Matsu]

Which is hilarious because if you look at my last post my miqote did exactly the opposite and I prefer him with the stoic look

The smile your character has now makes him look derpy. (Sorry I laughed.) Can we please switch? I want my smile back, you can have the serious stoic look.

[Dorito_Burrito]

One thing I noticed is that you can now cycle through every hit/hurt sound in the voice preview instead of just one.

Also I'm not surprised the board's started to flood with separate feedback topics again.

[Minali]

After criticizing so much, I also like to point out I am really really happy with my other characters. I love both my Rava (f) and Veena (m) Viera, my Dunesfolk Lala (f) and my Sea Wolf Roe (f). I guess it's my personal kind of luck that of all the characters I have it's my main and most important one that looks so off at the mouth, in a way that cannot be fixed with a fantasia.

(And of course there are the Hrothgar issues, now existing for both genders, horray. Not really bothering being mad about it anymore, just very very disappointed. But at least both the Hrothgar and soon to be Hrothgal are only alts...)