1.18 is great but we still need better optimization of the game.
i have been playing almost since release and my specs are:
athlon x4 640 (oc to 3.5ghz)
8gb ddr2 corsair
750 watt antec psu
gainward gtx 260 (slightly oc)
windows 7 64 bit
i know what you going to say why am i still rocking a gtx 260 when the rec is a gtx 460, well various reasons the first being that all my other games (cysis2, witcher 2, batmanAA etc) work great and i can have most games on default high, and secondly i have a lot of bills to pay so a new gc has to wait:P
so i have read in various places that the game is not well optimized especially for hd's, which i have a couple of and FFXIV is installed on a samsung 1tb sata 2 7200rpm. i can understand this taking a long time but i think the dev team should maybe try focusing more on optimising the game itself rather than simple annoying in game bugs and content.
i use this guide here to toggle the nvidia settings:
http://ffxiv.findtalk.net/t29-graphic-tweak-and-setting-for-lower-end-pc
and i find in a lot of areas, places where i was getting 30fps i now get 38 to 42 fps which is a nice little boost but im still gettting the same lag everyone else gets in say Uldah like 20 fps which is simply unacceptable to be honest.
I love the game to bits but i find it very hard to play it when its soo laggy in certain area's and i know if the dev team just focused on ironing out these hardware problems for a little while and delivered an overall smoother game play experience a lot of people including myself would be happy and could play for a few hours with no problems:)
what do u guys think?
will the game eventually be better optimized?
any recommendations to anything ive said?