Dawntrail character graphics update - opinions, requests and discussion megathread

[smitten_miquitten]

Keeper of the Moon face 4 comparison with the darkest skintones. The Dawntrail eyebrows are much more visible on the darkest tones than they are on the middle-range tones, but are still quite a bit fainter than the Endwalker version. The new eyebrows are clearly missing highlights that gave them shape, visibility, and depth.

Endwalker vs Dawntrail

[JonborgVa]

Yeah I get that with my Hyur Hair too, though its in the shape of a Y in the back of my head

this is what I mean, That said I was playing with someone and they didn't show my character was balding so idk what to do

[JonborgVa]

so apparently the fix to this is increasing my resolution to the max and play full screen but the performance takes a nose dive into unplayable territory not to mention all the menu's are extremely tiny

[what-_-]

what??

[Feathetaria]

what??

Not what-_-

[lunartears]

I came across a very sizeable reply in the JP discussion thread that included screenshots from a presentation about 2.0's development. Granted this is from 2014 and it's possible the views may have changed, it's still interesting to look back on as it feels like the 7.0 graphics update delivered goes against these principles, particularly with the character changes.





(Including this one because it feels topical)



Original reply and here's a link to the full slides as well.

[YumekoKei]

Lalafell is one of the races, that got good treatment (compared to other races (Au Ra F *cough*).
I still miss the face of my old lala. She looked more goofy, her eyes were brighter and more vibrant to me. And wth happened to her smile?

[Khryseis_Astra]

Lalafell is one of the races, that got good treatment (compared to other races (Au Ra F *cough*).
I still miss the face of my old lala. She looked more goofy, her eyes were brighter and more vibrant to me. And wth happened to her smile?

That’s pretty much how I feel as well… the first benchmark was concerning for various reasons, but they improved a lot by the second one. My Lala is the only one of my characters that (while I’d really like to see the lips/mouth fixed!) I can live with the other changes, because she’s still mostly herself. I do wonder if there’s something that needs fixing with the eye color (texture?) though… I think those actually looked a lot better and more vibrant in the first benchmark, but then everyone’s eyes got duller in the second, in some cases almost looking like cataracts! lol

My poor Highlander on the other hand… I really hope they fix the mouth shape and philtrum issues at a minimum. I can’t seem to find an emote that doesn’t look like she’s doing duck lips now!

[Feathetaria]

Just a reminder that the devs will be reading from a similar thread on the JP forums. If you're going to post in the JP thread, be sure to use google translate to make your post Japanese ♥

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...83%83%E3%83%89

[smitten_miquitten]

More Moonkeeper face 4 comparisons in different lighting options from the character creator. Endwalker's is more visible in all the lighting situations.
Endwalker vs Dawntrail

The benchmark lighting isn't super reflective of how the brows actually looked in gameplay however.
Here's a small collection of examples from Endwalker in a variety of lightings, with no Gpose Color Filter. I'm on PS5 so no additional overlays were present.
In no situation was it ever difficult to tell the eyebrows were white and in no situation were they ever hard to see.



And some further images that made use of Gpose Color Filter(usually Bright 1, Bright 3, or Bright 4 )