unlimited frame rate option has been removed from the client on 5.0

[VanGoghComplex]

They had legit reason to do it, it just had a bigger knock on effect than they thought so they have reacted appropriately.

I'm personally not convinced it was as big an issue as they seem to think. I've been playing will high refresh rates since the middle of Heavensward and never had any physics or clipping issues. Anecdotal, I know.

I'm just reacting against people who say FPS doesn't matter. If it doesn't matter, then neither does anti-aliasing, shadows, depth of field, higher texture detail levels, or resolution.

The visual appeal of the game is part of the gameplay experience.

No argument on SQe handling this properly though. They tried something, their fans told them it didn't work, they're now reversing course. I'm very happy with them.

[Electric]

A tizzy?

You go buy a $500 monitor, enjoy it to its full capacity for several years in one of your favorite games, and then have the devs kneecap their client so your purchase was for nothing.

Walk in those shoes and get back to me.

It's 2019. High refresh rates are not mainstream yet, but they are commonplace. The cap was backwards. SE should never have done it.

I couldn't agree more with your statement. I dropped $500 on my 240hz monitor just for this game and Rocket League and now I'm unable to get the value I paid for in FFXIV. Square Enix is punishing their player base that cares and does right in the game for something out of our control. They could have solved the issues with exploits using other techniques but instead, they just chose the "easy" fix.

[Catwho]

I couldn't agree more with your statement. I dropped $500 on my 240hz monitor just for this game and Rocket League and now I'm unable to get the value I paid for in FFXIV. Square Enix is punishing their player base that cares and does right in the game for something out of our control. They could have solved the issues with exploits using other techniques but instead, they just chose the "easy" fix.

Which they have now reverted because it broke too many clients, so you can enjoy your technology again.

[Krokov]

Which they have now reverted because it broke too many clients, so you can enjoy your technology again.

Huh? Where's it listed they reverted it?

[Crystal_Raven]

Huh? Where's it listed they reverted it?

It hasn't been reverted it.

On JP lodestone they stated it will happen, just not very quickly.

[VanGoghComplex]

It hasn't been reverted it.

On JP lodestone they stated it will happen, just not very quickly.

English lodestone too, and "as quickly as possible:"

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...233685e76fa452

[MPK]

English lodestone too, and "as quickly as possible:"

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...233685e76fa452

It also says 'Considering' which is absolutely unacceptable.

[VanGoghComplex]

It also says 'Considering' which is absolutely unacceptable.

From the post:

"As a temporary solution, we are going to revert these changes to pre-patch 5.0. It is our top priority to address these issues and find a solution for them in the future."

What they are 'considering' is removing the frame cap entirely and permanently, and dealing with the clipping issues in another way. That's a tall order though and they're not sure they can do it.

Here's hoping they can, but for now I'm happy they've committed to undoing this change.

[WhyAmIHere]

It also says 'Considering' which is absolutely unacceptable.

That's SE covering their A. They want to implement a frame limit but to do so in the inital way they wanted made the game actually physically unplayable for countless people, myself included, without reverting to a no longer supported system, or via other shady means. They have to address this for as widespread an issue it is.

I expected this to be fixed with the emergency maintenance, but I'm expecting it before Eden.

[Ifitisnotfunwhyplay]

It seems like it could have been fixed during the July 1 emergency maintenance. I actually thought that might have been their intent, especially given that some players can't log in at all. Alas, not so.