Update on DirectX 11 client?

[gintoki88]

As it currently stands, A Realm Reborn indisputably looks much worse than 1.0. 1.0 looked gorgeous, one of the best looking games by far when it came out in 2010. A Realm Reborn looks terrible by today's MMORPG standards.

Can we please receive an update on the DirectX 11 client? What is the development team doing to make the game look better? Will it perform any better than the current client? What is the release window for the DirectX 11 client (I see some articles saying as long as June 2014, another one says "early 2014"?

I really would love to know about this.. Don't keep your customers in the dark.

1.0 seemed very bland and 2.1 is the most graphical looking mmo to date, so why moan and whinge about it?

[Gramul]

1.0 seemed very bland and 2.1 is the most graphical looking mmo to date, so why moan and whinge about it?

What do you mean by "most graphical looking"?

Because 1.0 had higher definition textures (including things like bump map), depth of field, better AA, more polycount, colors choices that supported the armor designs instead of making them cheap and flashy, and far superior animations. The new lighting system seems pretty give and take. It tends to be pretty good on the characters with bright light, but kinda cheap looking on the environments. The environment designs got a big boost, but they could really use more clear definition and soft shading from distant objects.

As to why we why "moan and whinge" about it? It's to annoy you. You specifically. No one else. Just you.