Date & Time: 06/28/2024, 5:57pm CST
Frequency: Interminable
World name: Balmung
Character name: Grishild Frostwyght
Race: Highlander

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Gamma is set to 50. Character has been tested at both 0 and 100 character lighting.
Character has not been changed from Endwalker counterpart.

I apologize if this is not a bug, but it feels like one.

Particularly, the highlights on hairstyle 9 for female Highlanders are considerably stronger than their Endwalker version. This is much the same for the eyeliner option under "Facial Features" for female Highlander's Face 1 option. The eyebrows also reflect light strangely.

This makes contrast look very strange on the darkest skin tones, and gives the impression they were not tested.

Examples below:



The very last image was taken in the 1.1 Benchmark Software, but there is virtually no change in the 7.0 release version.