Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[HyoMinPark]

the code is not crap, it was planned for use console and not for this much player....

This game does have bad coding, because so much of it is built upon the foundation of 1.0 code...which in and of itself was a nightmare. The game was meant to be played on both PC and Console, but the coding was made to cater to the lowest common denominator. There is a reason behind the “PS3 limitations” meme.

the game was means to be played by 600.000 player at best and we are more of 5M....

This game has nowhere near 5,000,000 active subscriptions. I’d say even 800,000 is a bit generous. The game hit its lowest numbers during Patch 4.1 — I don’t think the subs even topped 650,000 according to the LuckyBancho’s census. While it’s unofficial, I can say with certainty that this game has never had 5 million active subscriptions at the same time.

they need to work on this all the time, they did improve the server and continue to improve it.... the game engine is far to be shitty too....

It’s my opinion that the servers could still use quite a bit of work. When they say that we can’t apply Glamour Plates outside of city states, because it’s “too hard on the servers”, or that we can’t have more character creation options because, again, “it’s too hard on the servers”, that’s not a mark of an improved or strong game engine.

plus they did improve the engine, by adding more stuff over time, it not super change, because the engine was very good from the start.

It absolutely was not a good engine. FFXIV ARR used a slightly improved engine over the one they used in 1.0, but the engine is no where near the standard it should be.

the only complain we can have is about the texture.... outside this the game is gorgeous.... anyway, they already planned to improve graphism, but not for the 5.0....

They have stated repeatedly that they will not provide HD texture packs to PC users because some consoles (PS4 proper) or lower end gaming PCs cannot handle them. They have also given no indication of going back and updating map textures in any of the existing areas, and Stormblood’s areas have just as many pixely rocks as ARR and HW do, sadly. I won’t deny that the zones are beautiful, but there is still tons of room for improvement.

Complaints far exceed textures—there are complaints for more character creation options, more housing, instanced housing on top of ward housing, better glamour system options (a proper Glamour Log), interactive housing item culling, character load culling, better battle content in general... the list goes on. It far exceeds just textures, and a lot of the other complaints I’ve seen have their own merits.