Quote Originally Posted by reillyblair View Post
so basically you want to go back to 1.0 where you need top of the line pc and still lag lol
There are these things called options y'know, if you aren't capable of running higher resolution textures, then turn the texture quality down. To add to that, textures weren't the main issue with 1.0's poor performance, it was crappily optimized, and other parts played a much larger part into it, such a the incredibly high polygon count. Your average gaming computer in this day would have at least 2GB of VRAM. I run a fairly mid-high end rig, and FFXIV barely makes use of it's available VRAM, using only 1/4th of the available amount (second line). This is in the Churning Mists, a large open Heavensward area with everything cranked up to max.



Gaming computers today are more than capable of handling significantly better graphics, the only thing holding them back is SE at the moment.