Stuff I Miss From 1.0

[Enkidoh]

The issues with the servers in ARR though are through different causes unrelated to the game itself (SE just underestimated the sheer volume of network traffic and third party US server hosts that have proven to be sadly unreliable), where as 1.0 the server troubles were fundamental flaws in the game's design (after all, the game could hardly run more than ten characters on screen at once, and even then it struggled).

ARR's server trouble has mostly sorted itself out - 1.0 had server problems right up to the last second of service.

[Mikita]

The issues with the servers in ARR though are through different causes unrelated to the game itself (SE just underestimated the sheer volume of network traffic and third party US server hosts that have proven to be sadly unreliable), where as 1.0 the server troubles were fundamental flaws in the game's design (after all, the game could hardly run more than ten characters on screen at once, and even then it struggled).

ARR's server trouble has mostly sorted itself out - 1.0 had server problems right up to the last second of service.

v1 could display about 40 characters around you. Maybe we can show about 50 or 60 now? Definitely better in that regard. But I never had a problem running v1 even in crowded areas on high settings even though my computer is not great (fairly good for its time, but it's about 4 years old now).

Granted, the final "event" of v1 was a total mess with the rush to Mor Dhona, but I think that was largely because they allowed everyone to log in regardless of their subscription status. So similar to ARR's problems at launch -- they underestimated the sheer volume of people and traffic, but didn't have a few weeks to sort it out.

Before that final event, what server problems hindered the game?

PS- I'm not trying to start an argument. I just want to understand how it's better now.

[Caselia]

The issues with the servers in ARR though are through different causes unrelated to the game itself (SE just underestimated the sheer volume of network traffic and third party US server hosts that have proven to be sadly unreliable), where as 1.0 the server troubles were fundamental flaws in the game's design (after all, the game could hardly run more than ten characters on screen at once, and even then it struggled).

ARR's server trouble has mostly sorted itself out - 1.0 had server problems right up to the last second of service.

The servers aren't in the US if they were then the server issues wouldn't exist. As for the server problems in 1.0, it was stated by SE constantly it's the game engine and not the servers itself, the only server lag was the latency from constant security checks of client to server and the rest was the game engine running the game, which is why in ARR they built a new game engine for MMOs as 1.0 game engine was for consoles.

Oh, and there's no security check from client to server for ARR, the server just trust the client which is why these teleport hacks exist.

[Klutz64]

Mostly I just miss being able to log in and do absolutely nothing. The world felt more alive simply -because- things were so far apart. That combined with the more lifelike animations and character models (plus music that didn't just serve as an intro) It made Eorzea the perfect place to just log in and unwind.

ARR is wonderful but it's just more stress and not so much an escape as 1.2x was.

That and Coerthas really was -that- much better in 1.0

Geez, it hasn't even been a year and this thread is making me so nostalgic (And this year I finally upgraded my graphics card to something that could survive the old Black Shroud).