Could we get an HD texture pack for the PC?

[Berethos]

The HD textures already exist! This "option" should be easy to implement.

The only downside effect that can be considered here, is the server traffic needed to download all the huge data (and the additional cost).

Even implementing HD textures would need to be optimized and tested based on a specific hardware range.

I'll keep repeating this until it sinks in, since people continue to think that it's as simple as adding high resolution files to the game via a download and calling it a day.

Take Skyrim, for example - it's not a graphically demanding game (without extensive modding, of course). However, without proper optimization of what is and isn't rendering on the screen, and the textures of those various items being rendered, you can end up severe performance issues just by facing one area instead of another. While the engine isn't used isn't the same, the concept is still very much there (and is it will be for any game in any engine - optimization, even for the beefiest hardware, is a thing).

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Even implementing HD textures would need to be optimized and tested based on a specific hardware range.

I'll keep repeating this until it sinks in, since people continue to think that it's as simple as adding high resolution files to the game via a download and calling it a day.

Take Skyrim, for example - it's not a graphically demanding game (without extensive modding, of course). However, without proper optimization of what is and isn't rendering on the screen, and the textures of those various items being rendered, you can end up severe performance issues just by facing one area instead of another. While the engine isn't used isn't the same, the concept is still very much there (and is it will be for any game in any engine - optimization, even for the beefiest hardware, is a thing).

A perfect example of this would be going to download the 4k mods on Nexus while running a GPU nowhere near capable of rendering 4k quality textures. Now toss in a grass texture mod on top of that and your FPS will spike to absurdly low levels. In an MMO, servers have to presume everyone can render the game at relative max settings. I suspect said servers couldn't handle the upgrade nor would the PS3 come even close. That said, SE does need to consider graphical improvements as this game will start to look dated if they don't. So while not the simple fix some suggest, it's one SE should be moving towards in the future.

[Berethos]

A perfect example of this would be going to download the 4k mods on Nexus while running a GPU nowhere near capable of rendering 4k quality textures. Now toss in a grass texture mod on top of that and your FPS will spike to absurdly low levels. In an MMO, servers have to presume everyone can render the game at relative max settings. I suspect said servers couldn't handle the upgrade nor would the PS3 come even close. That said, SE does need to consider graphical improvements as this game will start to look dated if they don't. So while not the simple fix some suggest, it's one SE should be moving towards in the future.

Agreed - I definitely believe it's one they can work toward in the future, and in a number of ways they already have - the current lighting options we have (among a few other things) are relatively recent additions (came with Heavensward, I believe). It should be something they work toward, but it's definitely not a simple change.

[CodingSquirrel]

In an MMO, servers have to presume everyone can render the game at relative max settings. I suspect said servers couldn't handle the upgrade nor would the PS3 come even close. That said, SE does need to consider graphical improvements as this game will start to look dated if they don't. So while not the simple fix some suggest, it's one SE should be moving towards in the future.

Uh, what? What do the servers have to do with this and why do you think it's necessary that everyone can run at max settings? Graphics are rendered on the client side, not the server side. Optional options are optional. If your computer can't handle it then don't turn it on.