From the post Shadowbringers MSQ (SPOILERS?) we see not much has changed with our friend's um... ailment? However notice the floor and most of all the surrounding crystals.

There's been a rampant complaints or issues being brought forth where Yoshi P already explained or addressed. He already stated that graphical updates are an ongoing project which will continue thru 7.x series. The prominent changes done at the early stages are NPC that used character creation assets and various texture reworks for older releases. Custom characters like Ryne, Crystal Exarch, Vaultry, and etc will be done later.

Ok tower not glowing isnt going to work for me. Really hope they fix that

i think we should bring this to attention to the devs, tower looks aight but it needs some shine/glow imo cause the crystal tower itself should be the eye catching but now it just blends into the sky color,. The convocation crystals on the floor looking like we puked some light onto it too (the crystal itsself looks good but the lighting there seems bad i think)

I know we are here to see the differences and not to cry.

The crystal tower without the glow in the epic moment looks so misplaced, they need to fix it asap

They did say that the model upgrades for characters will happen gradually in some cases,pixel exarch is probably one of them thatll get his upgrade within the patches

This whole cutscene leaves the new expansion on the street

mind you, this is a big thing a lot of people seemed to miss, The visual update was not to every single aspect of the game, characters look better yes, however they said they would be releasing DT in full graphics and as time goes on we will see them roll out the graphics BACKWARDS, meaning endwalker zones get the full upgrade including characters, then shadowbringers, so on and so forth.

The big change is in the hair textures and the much improved lighting model which makes it feel that much more realistic. The graphics may not be 4k ultra hd, but they are significantly improved and feel a lot better to look at. The fact the update went this smoothly is a credit to the team.

Its a little sad (?) that the tower doesnt "burn" as bright anymore... Now it looks like not much is happening... Refering to

Oh no, oh boy. The memory crystals look even MORE like candy. 🤤

I am going to hold my judgement until the Devs announce the updates are finished, then I will judge, and I am Ok with this. These things take time, despite how some thing people think. My new cat girl stares back into my soul, and I am satisficed with that for now.

Time to weep again, but also dayum look at all the metal and crystals, those convocation crystals look so tastey... I also love how that the gold on the floor reflect the blue light

I'm just crying at the scene

I can't tell the difference because my eyes are very

The more subtle effects being lost, like the shadow effect during the big attack on Elidibus, is slightly more tragic than the lost glow, cuz I’m more worried that the small artistic touches will be forgotten.

As others have said, the 6.58 tower looks way better. it stands out and feels like it's something important. Elidibus was a chad too.

yeah about what i expected. unforunately a graphics update would have this effect on alot of scenes with special effects due to having to remake them all. they said they would be slowly updating older stuff as time goes on so we will just have to see ig

My guess has to be that Crystal Echarch is considered a special model. If you remember they said that special model characters will take time to change, we see this with some outfits as well, and we will see some old models around for the moment.