Thread: [Feedback] : Benchmark v1.1 - Fem Veena

Originally Posted by Cherrizini

I think my main issue with viera right now are the lips. Face 3 was hit really bad last benchmark, and it makes me sad they forgot to fix the lips. They make their faces look too stoic. I picked face 3 because it reminds me of a dollface and the new lips are something that truly bothers me. I think you can notice the change in lips 2 and 4 the most. Lips 4 used to have a lil smile and now it is gone, and lips 2 lowerlip is too puffy. If they don't change it I may just fanta to get lip 1, but lips 2 were so pretty and now they look like they were stung by a bee.

From all the changes to veena, face 4 got it the worst. Their lips are too wide for their faces.

I agree with everything you said, from what I've seen face 4 really got the short end of the stick. And the bee stung effect isn't really desirable either...

Originally Posted by LittleArrow

I posted this in the general updated benchmark thread, but I'll post it here since it's specific for Veena Female.

I'm not going to pull up pictures anymore, because at this point I think it just is what it is. My character does not look the same. I don't understand the art direction with just rounding and smoothing out every single sharp angle / line in the female veena viera. My character no longer has a sharper jawline with soft eyes, her entire face looks swollen much like she's having an allergic reaction. The corners of her mouth have a very bizarre shading that looks like her cheeks are pouching out past her lips. Also, I still don't understand why they made their pupils small like the Rava, but it totally changed the mood / feel of my character.

I believe the artstyle follows along with the same designs of the FF16 models. A very bizarre cross between the classic anime with sharp angles (FF7 rebirth) and Inside Out Pixar (just round everything).

Anyways, I apologize for being negative. I've seen lots of beautiful screenshots and many models in the new benchmark look great. My character was just not one of them, sadly.

I don't think you should apologize and I'm happy you guys responded. This post was created so we'd have a space dedicated to Viera players. The artstyle changes were not expected so it's only normal to feel disappointed when they don't match our personal preferences. SE says they value players' input so we should still speak our mind. I still do hope some of the more drastic tweaks (pupil size, puffiness and lips!) can be reverted sometime in the future.

Originally Posted by Nayal

You guys have a lot of free time

...and you sound sour ! Maybe you should spend some time in the benchmark character creation seeing how your character looks now, though i don't know it could get any worse