Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[noumen0nn]

There was a post on the ffxiv subreddit earlier today about Miqo'te eyelashes, and the comments are full of people talking about their dislike of the various changes to whatever race they play. This thread has lost a little momentum lately, mostly because not enough was actually changed with 7.1 to warrant additional rounds of feedback (though I still plan on making one, because midlander F face 1 is still a disaster). But I don't want the devs to get the impression that the dislike of the update is dying down or going anywhere. Many, many more players are unhappy with the changes than just the ones who have posted here. I really hope you are still taking all of our feedback into account and are ready to deliver some ACTUAL adjustments come 7.2, instead of another half-effort.

[Valence]

Miqo'te eyebrow thread link

[FuturePastNow]

There was a post on the ffxiv subreddit earlier today about Miqo'te eyelashes, and the comments are full of people talking about their dislike of the various changes to whatever race they play. This thread has lost a little momentum lately, mostly because not enough was actually changed with 7.1 to warrant additional rounds of feedback (though I still plan on making one, because midlander F face 1 is still a disaster). But I don't want the devs to get the impression that the dislike of the update is dying down or going anywhere. Many, many more players are unhappy with the changes than just the ones who have posted here. I really hope you are still taking all of our feedback into account and are ready to deliver some ACTUAL adjustments come 7.2, instead of another half-effort.

This, although I switched to Hrothgar and am "happy" with that, I'd still like the developers to understand that I strongly dislike what they did to my old (Roegadyn) face.

[FuturePastNow]

I'd still like the developers to understand that I strongly dislike what they did to my old (Roegadyn) face.

Since I said this, I suppose I should provide screenshots and some feedback. I took very few pictures of my Roe after DT before I fantasiad so I don't have an exact 1:1 comparison, but here's a before (left) and after (right):



This is also enlarged 200%.

1) The eyes. Removing the baked in eye glow was the worst change they made. The color of the new eyes is barely visible. I don't think I need to say any more.

2) Nose. I'll admit that I was never a huge fan of the Roe nose- Gosetsu has a basically human nose and I'd have used that if it had been an option. But the old nose had some character- there was a slight up angle on bottom, a point on the tip, and thought it's hard to see, the bridge of the nose is slightly tapered, narrower at the top than the bottom. The new noses make no attempt at replicating these features, it smooths the tip, is flat on the bottom, rounds the edges and has a fixed width. There's also an ugly crease where the nose meets the cheek. That may have been present on the old face geo but it wasn't visible.

3) The skin. It's hard to describe but the new face looked wet. Like she was sweaty at all times. It's most visible on the lips but the entire face was like that.

4) Hair. The "fake" baked in lighting and shadows on the old hair gave it volume and the dark colors looked dark. All of that is lost with the new lighting.

I've given up hats to not have to see my old character's new face.