Upgraded texture pack?

[Runespider]

I wouldn't pay for it. I'd just wait for someone to upload all the shiny new HQ dats somewhere.

Well of course they would have to upgrade the engine to make them work and force it to verify with a code, as all other expansions have in the past.

I'd pay for upgrade player models alone, i'm not a sure full graphics upgrade would ever happen due to the work involved. Assuming they the original pictures were not done hi-res and it ported down ofc.

[Atomic_Skull]

I wouldn't pay for it. I'd just wait for someone to upload all the shiny new HQ dats somewhere.

They could easily make FFXI check to see if it's using the high res textures and report that information to the server at random intervals. And if you were using them but didn't have the HD update registered you'd get an email telling you to either buy the HD update or loose your account.

[Alhanelem]

Anything more than UI elements and such is unlikely. If you want a high res texture treatement on the entire game, go buy FFXIV.

[Atomic_Skull]

If you want a high res texture treatement on the entire game, go buy FFXIV.

FFXIV is terrible and in no way compares to FFXI.

[Alhanelem]

I actually disagree with the terribleness statement after recent and upcoming updates. They seem pretty determined to come back from the letdown. It is likely to continue to get better, but they will have to get past the barrier of the people (such as clearly yourself) who have mostly made up their minds after the initial flop. Remember that the game underwent major staff changes after the incident. The first few raids were pretty well done, though IMO the coolest thing about them was your entire party apears in cutscenes, something I've been wishing for in MMOs forever.

In all seriousness, there are various reasons, such as a drastic increase in disk space requirements (which can impact people even not on the PS2), size of the staff, possibly technical issues up to and including FPS slowdowns (due mostly to how terriblly designed the game's graphics engine is) why this will probably never happen.

[Atomic_Skull]

I actually disagree with the terribleness statement after recent and upcoming updates. They seem pretty determined to come back from the letdown. It is likely to continue to get better, but they will have to get past the barrier of the people (such as clearly yourself) who have mostly made up their minds after the initial flop.

Boring generic fantasy world populated by boring less interesting versions of Vana'diel's races.

Mithras are more visually interesting then miqo'te for example. FFXIV's art direction is a lot of shiny sparkly fashion magazine-like zaz layered over underlying blandness.

And that for me kills the game even if it ever becomes playable. I have never liked SE's beltan zipper era.

[sruon]

double standards much.

[Lushipur]

yes, please.

[Alhanelem]

Boring generic fantasy world populated by boring less interesting versions of Vana'diel's races.

I don't see how FFXI's world is any less "generic" and "boring" if FFXIV's is described that way.

Both games have humans and elves and cat people. It was just as uncreative when FFXI did it.

[Teraniku]

... the coolest thing about them was your entire party apears in cutscenes, something I've been wishing for in MMOs forever.

And in FFXI we have only one Cutscene where the entire party appears.