Quote Originally Posted by Angelov-Mercy View Post
They just look strange, if they where proportioned like the elves in LOTR, Im sure they would be a beautiful race to play, but...sigh, this is just how they come off as.X'D
That, right there, is what keeps me from staying as an Elezen. It would be my preferred race if the head size was fixed. And while we're at it, ALL 1.0 and 2.0 races need an overhaul in my opinion. The player models were developed in the mid 2000s during its codename Rapture stage and have not been updated since. I truly wish we get a graphics engine update for upgraded visuals.

Here is a quote from Yoshi P regarding a graphics update.

Q: [...] Is there a chance of FFXIV getting higher graphics settings?

Yoshida: I get asked this a lot lately. The other day it was in China, so I guess it might be a worldwide topic of interest. If you're asking me if there's a possibility in the future, then the answer is probably yes, there is. But if you're asking if we have it planned right now, the answer is no. We don't have anything planned and it's not in any of our milestones.

The reason is very clear. Of course, BD5 is researching and working on new graphics. We can't distance ourselves from the latest game development techniques, so we're doing our own tests as well. But FFXIV already has 20,000 assets for equipment alone, and I don't even want to think about how much it would cost to convert all of them to the new graphics pipeline.

Since FFXIV had PS3 support, its graphics technology is 2 generations behind. If we had high poly models/hi-res textures ((unclear)) then we could just swap them out, but we don't. A lot of things were created low poly/low-res from the start for cost-saving, so we would have to recreate all of them in order for the improved graphics to look good.

Some people say that if we don't spend those costs now then we won't be competitive with other games, but right now, we're still plenty competitive within the MMO genre, so there's no need to rush yet. Plus, we have to measure what percentage of players are actually using these new GPUs. And so long as FFXIV continues to support the PS4, I absolutely want to avoid mixing the graphics pipelines. If that's the case, then we can't focus solely on the PC, and it's hard to consider it until, say, the PS4 is replaced by the next generation. Right now, I think our priority should be figuring out how to more efficiently create lots of assets.
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