VR on FFXIV?

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Originally Posted by Martin_Arcainess

you never know, when the PSVR is released it might start off quite well.

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I don't doubt it will, even if the entry price will be as much as a PS4 itself (the headset relies on the Eye to see it's lights to know if you've turned your head to look around). But as has been said, the game has to be designed with VR in mind and XIV is not such a game. We already have latency kicking our arses with the camera zoomed out to let us see what's about to kick our arse. Imagine if our only clue that we're about to be standing in fire is a dim CoD glow in the direction of the fire. You could easily lose track of it in the spectacle of all the effects firing off. And then there's all that flipping around we do half the time when using actions... Take that away to keep us from getting sick from bouncing around and things get dull fast.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

I don't doubt it will, even if the entry price will be as much as a PS4 itself (the headset relies on the Eye to see it's lights to know if you've turned your head to look around). But as has been said, the game has to be designed with VR in mind and XIV is not such a game. We already have latency kicking our arses with the camera zoomed out to let us see what's about to kick our arse. Imagine if our only clue that we're about to be standing in fire is a dim CoD glow in the direction of the fire. You could easily lose track of it in the spectacle of all the effects firing off. And then there's all that flipping around we do half the time when using actions... Take that away to keep us from getting sick from bouncing around and things get dull fast.

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well that's me f**ed then. I don't have an eye.

Am i the only one scared about VR when it get's to the point of complete immersion? I'd have to stay away from it for fear of losing touch with the real world.

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Originally Posted by Onikimaru

Am i the only one scared about VR when it get's to the point of complete immersion? I'd have to stay away from it for fear of losing touch with the real world.

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No, I have thought that too, in 100 years we'll be plugged into VR at birth thinking VR is life.

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Originally Posted by Martin_Arcainess

No, I have thought that too, in 100 years we'll be plugged into VR at birth thinking VR is life.

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I see no problem with this. Also, how do you know that you're not already plugged in, and you just got stuck with this crappy game you see as "reality"?

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Originally Posted by Meoah

I'd LOVE to look at Titan's magnificent rocky cockpiece while dodging literally the sky.

I'm all for this idea though, don't get me wrong.

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Called it. My body is ready.

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Originally Posted by Onikimaru

Am i the only one scared about VR when it get's to the point of complete immersion? I'd have to stay away from it for fear of losing touch with the real world.

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Avoid all MMOs for the first six months that's the time people are most likelyh to get sucked into them forever.

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Originally Posted by Meoah

I'd LOVE to look at Titan's magnificent rocky cockpiece while dodging literally the sky.

I'm all for this idea though, don't get me wrong.

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I prefer the rear view, if you know what I'm saying.

I don't think this is the ideal game for VR. Simply think of all the mechanics happening around an arena. How are you going to watch what the boss is doing while at the same time keeping an eye out behind your back for incoming adds, twisters, boulders, etcetera?

All you would see in VR is how bad the textures in the game are.