Quote Originally Posted by Recon1o6 View Post
This wouldn't be such a strain if SE had actually made high res textures then downscaled them way back when 2.0 launched like every other mmo
They were working with what were at the time overscaled models and textures that they did downscale, the biggest factor is that "high res" has increased massively over the past decade. We went from 1280x720 being standard with 1920x1080 being high end with 2560x1440 being cutting edge high end to 2560x1440 (2k) being close to standard, 3840x2160 (4k) being high end with 7680x4320 (8k) being cutting edge high end.

We went from the difference between standard and high end being a 150% increase with their workstations being a ~266% increase over standard to standard and high end being a 225% increase with cutting edge being a 900% increase over standard.