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Chapters
0:00 β Intro
1:48 β Where did the canines go?
5:37 β Benchmark
11:02 β More issues with new models
11:50 β Miqoβte β Female (part 1)
20:05 β Auβra β Female (part 1)
24:15 β Auβra β Male (part 1)
25:51 β Miqoβte β Female (part 2)
32:55 β Miqoβte β Male
37:59 β Viera β Male (part 1)
1:18:47 β Viera β Female
1:28:56 β Forum complaints and criticism
1:45:02 β Elezen β Female
2:01:29 β Elezen β Male
2:18:29 β Auβra β Female (part 2)
2:21:45 β Auβra β Male (part 2)
2:31:28 β Hyur β Female
2:50:00 β Hyur β Male
3:13:43 β Roegadyn β Male
3:22:51 β Roegadyn β Female
3:32:00 β Lalafell β Female
3:41:40 β Lalafell β Male
3:43:58 β Hrothgar β Male
3:50:56 β Hrothgar β Female
4:11:25 β Viera β Male (part 2)
4:21:24 β Character showcase
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I appreciate that they told us specifically the 6.0 artifact sets wont be updated until 6.1 (except pld). I now know for sure that my DNC and MCH glams will have parts that will not be updated, and I may or may not have to adjust accordingly (more worried about mch because I use the top, versus my dnc who just uses the headpiece). Everything else may as well be russian roullete on whether or not it had old or new textures lol.
As for my character, like they looked off to me at first, even in the benchmark, but then I changed litterally two options (that don't even need fanta to change) slightly and now she looks way better in the benchmark. I was scared of the fanta because I have grown very attached to my lizzer and did not want them to change too much. Thankfully I don't think I'll need to fanta her, just a quick visit to the hairstylist to change around the makeup and limbral ring color.
I am not worried about it. It is still a work in progress. I will wait for release before flipping the table.
im not impressed with what i can only describe as a gfx sidegrade.
it needed to be a bounding leap.
instead its a lalafell pinkie toe forward.
I main female Aura and now their skin looks almost plasticky, like.. dollskin. π (most skins look way waxier now but it is most apparent in female aura's to my eyes, but female elezen and highlander look pretty bad in sunlight too.). and dont get me started on the neck seam.*cries* my other alt is a catgirl and jeebus we need to get those fangs back right now! and many of the sun cat's lips look a lot different now. They are remarkably less plump. and the skin color saturation complaint was also on point, especially with darker tones. Elezen hairpin style also had more contrast in the older version, this goes to most hairstyles and some of those also look like dollish not natural now. your highlander male in the last swap had completely different looking chin, lips, head shape almost even. I highly would prefer the current one out of those.That big of a change when they promised "no real changes" feels wild. …and the lips and changing hairstyles that have been in game 10 years? wtf? I mean some of them might look kinda nice or better even on some characters, but the point is people have had them this long and preferred them looking like that. it is not okey to make this big changes to shapes and textures if the whole baseline becomes this much different.
Our hrothgar sisters will suffer the hairstyle situation with us male…
Already have my Femgar ready to go from the benchmark, can't wait for the expansion to fantasia over!
I'm very dubious about people's complaints on the graphical update right now.
It's hard to have a totally fair comparison. Everyone may run slightly different settings options that might cause the issues they see. For me, I have not found any of the complaints valid in my usage of the benchmark. I cannot recreate any of the issues others are finding.
In some of the very earliest complaints raised, it was found that the people were using gshade/reshade and it was washing out the update. In other complaints, it's because people aren't used to seeing their vanilla character because of mods etc.
And there can be variance in people's game settings, computer settings, monitor settings, all playing havoc with the perception people are having with the benchmark and through their screenshots.
Thankfully, I've not uncovered any of these issues that others have had, and I'm thoroughly excited for the graphical update. My Hroth'Guy looks fantastic in the update, and I've also made a Hroth'Gal to switch to π
Best score is extreme high.
Old Man Duskwight looks Smug as Fuck, its Badass.
It's funny cause I ended up liking Au-Ra males more than bunny boys after the update
am I tripping or did she not make a male moon cat?? I can't use the benchmark but need to know how my boi's teeth will fare in the update π
The graphics update messed up the painted eyebrows for hyur. Look like Rock Lee now
At about an hour in you nailed it – the way lighting works in DT will make things look very very different.
I love the changes to hair colours, they are much more distinct and clear.
I love the way the eyes glisten now rather than just having having a hard permenant highlight.
I love the pearlescense of the skin.
Is it perfect? No. They said they were going to sustain a stylised look, even though they could make it more realistic. So, this upgrade is amazing and I'm super excited to play the game in DT!
That's the times when creepy side of ffxiv community surfaces, people have an unhealthy attachment to their characters
Idk I think 90% of the graphic changes are more enhanced by people wanting to shill. The comparisons either are very slightly better or completely the same, and yet it gets praise. I love the game but come on.
This is a waste of time because the chars in the editor don't look like they do ingame
Characters look terrible
Why does thier skin look like plastic?? Honestly I hate the new skin it looks like a plastic doll. And also some of these when you show the front faces the old one you can tell where the jaw is and the neck is and in the new one it melts together. I was excited about the new graphics but after this ….. I'm just really hating the new skin plastic doll texture. Also why can't we have black black color anymore? Is a lighter black. So idk anymore I'm nervous for my characters. And I just really wish this was optional. I really feel like what we have now is better and I just wish that it was choice we could make so that way everybody is happy and noone is forced to change to something they don't like.
RIP red hair on Hyur. Sadge =(
My main character is using midlander face 6 and damn i'm very happy, because he looks more handsome 3:04:00
I think all the lips are worse on all characters but the teeth actually fit the mouths and arnt scary when u smile lol. Overall good update to looks rip Mooncats
viera male graphic downgrade
You can sum up the complaints about the update with one word: preference.
Mooncats need those fangs and are superior, because they're not skank sunseekers