Quote Originally Posted by Sheer View Post
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We could assume that FFXI is better optimized than ARR simply because it's been around longer, but even then, ....
It's unfortunate that you're wrong about that. Bugs that were present from the very beginning on PS2 and PC were never fixed, and the client got consistently slower and glitchier every expansion pack. Most amazingly, every new generation of GPU released had decreased performance. Going by this past track record, we shouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens to XIV. I'm hopeful that they will at least attempt to release a DX11 client, though.