Anyone else underwhelmed by the new DX 11 graphics?

[Bishop81]

You can't be serious in expecting water effects like that to be this game let alone an MMO. That's utter nonsense. The amount of lag produced from generating the waves alone would make you want to off yourself.

If you want to make the game prettier and more defined there is SweetFX. Unless you're running a hardcore rig, you're going to get massive FPS drops and overall a horrible experience if you want to come even remotely close to that (which you wont)

besides I like how calm and clear the water is. Seeing the Batman waves is off putting to me personally.

OK, Batman might be a bit much.

However I was expecting at least Assassin's Creed: Black Flag level of water,

https://youtu.be/ymYkqEKmqNU?t=9m7s

I mean how old is that game?

Heck here is the PS3 version,

https://youtu.be/s2TcfPfkN2o?t=19m30s

Seriously, the water looks better with tessellation off than on with those artifacts (as shown in the posted picture).

[Zarzak]

OK, Batman might be a bit much.

However I was expecting at least Assassin's Creed: Black Flag level of water,

https://youtu.be/ymYkqEKmqNU?t=9m7s

I mean how old is that game?

Heck here is the PS3 version,

https://youtu.be/s2TcfPfkN2o?t=19m30s

Seriously, the water looks better with tessellation off than on with those artifacts (as shown in the posted picture).

You are literally comparing a single player game with VERY minimal variables that plays on tracks to a MMO with thousands of players doing any number of things.

[Bishop81]

P.S. For greater visual improvements, make sure to go into your graphics card settings and increase the color bit depth. For me it greatly increased the richness and color palette of the game as well as improved the visual contrast and shadow detail. This is independent of the dx version you are running.

No offense but it's 2015. Is there a single person left in the world that isn't running at True Color (24/32 bit)? O_o

You are literally comparing a single player game with VERY minimal variables that plays on tracks to a MMO with thousands of players doing any number of things.

Black Flag is pretty sandbox if I'm right.

Not to mention other MMOs can do water without weird artifacts.

Seriously, GTA V on the PS3 has better looking water than FFXIV on my mid-range PC.