Updated benchmark

[Len_]

The devs were clear the character models were being completely redone

This is actually the opposite of what was told during live letters. Unless there was some translation error, it was expressed that the changes we were seeing were not based on "totally redone" geometry and that was not what they were planning to do. It was showing the difference with texture and lighting updates. Not like I took those words at face value or believed they wouldn't mess this up somehow but, that is the fact of what they actually said. Unless there was some other LL I missed.

so why are we getting this upset? I don't understand.

Who is "we"? Clearly not you. Why do you care?

[Iscah]

This is actually the opposite of what was told during live letters. Unless there was some translation error, it was expressed that the changes we were seeing were not based on "totally redone" geometry and that was not what they were planning to do. It was showing the difference with texture and lighting updates.

Indeed. They even attributed some of the issues to "it was always there, you just couldn't see it in the lighting", implying that they can't have started from scratch, and yet so many things have been clearly altered if they really did start with the same models.

[KitiaraIornsight]

This is actually the opposite of what was told during live letters. Unless there was some translation error, it was expressed that the changes we were seeing were not based on "totally redone" geometry and that was not what they were planning to do. It was showing the difference with texture and lighting updates. Not like I took those words at face value or believed they wouldn't mess this up somehow but, that is the fact of what they actually said. Unless there was some other LL I missed.

Who is "we"? Clearly not you. Why do you care?

When the graphics update was first showcased and announced at the fan fest they explained every race had its own unique character model. With the graphics update, ALL character models were replaced with a single model that was "morphed" into each of the races as this reduces the number of assets required in the game, this accounts for the minor variations showcased in the shapes of faces, eyes, lips etc. They literally demonstrated their process at a fan fest when they very first showcased the graphics updated preview character models.

Why do I care, because there are litterally people threatening to quit over minute details. I care because I hopped in a post expecting to see all sorts of nice shots of characters from the updated benchmark and instead greeted with overwhelmingly 65 pages of nitpicking over MINOR MINUTE details that you have to HYPER ZOOM the camera in to even notice.