I'm relieved to see the seemingly unintentional luminescent eyes go, personally, since they often look quite uncanny and alien to me -- and it definitely shows itself on all races. Characters like Urianger and Emet both spring to mind. I don't disagree that they can lend a little bit of other-worldliness to characters, which can seem fitting in some cases, but I believe this was always a shader issue and not by design.

The best compromise would be to offer some kind of toggle between the two, if that were even possible, but unfortunately this update isn't about giving us more choices.