FFXIV needs an update

[Ayuhra]

idk if it needs an update to combat and raid design, those are very core aspects of the basic experience of playing.

But it is in DIRE need of an engine overhaul.

Character customization, glamour sets, hairstyles, inventory management, most meaningful content being instanced, extremely pixelated textures, these are all pretty major things for a lot of players.

I strongly believe the developers are very skilled, creative, and passionate but their engine holds them back.

[RitsukoSonoda]

SE is more likely to make a new MMO entry than overhaul this one given how long this entry has been going. More so considering they had entries that were not MMO's start development and have it's engine built for 1 platform then release on another platform or the next gen of consoles without any real update to the engine causing gameplay issues with the title. If they keep the same number gap they did between FFXI and FFXIV then maybe the next MMO will be FFXVII. However that may be a bit off since they're working on FFXVI now and so far I think have only given us 1 teaser for it so far.

[Garnix]

Why trying to force a massive engine update that would take years when you can continuously do some smaller refactoring, one piece at a time, while still working on actual content?
I don't get the idea of changing the combat system. They should rather make a new game instead of wasting resource adjusting all the existing content. People saw pso2ng and thought xiv should do the same. But pso2ng is actually a different game, so it is just like asking for FF17 really...

[Alexandre_Noireau]

Graphics are literally a small part of the experience.

The main reason i couldn't take in the character of Hien was the ugly textures of his clothes. It took me away from the narrative immersion at a mere glance - And often does in parts when the lowres textures become too evident or the shading/lightning of the game doesn't work (blocky shadows on instanced content for example)
To say graphics are a small part of any VIDEOgame is beyond me. It is literally the main receptive sense a VIDEOgame both estimulates and uses to convey most of their information - All related to fluidity, quality and design of the images being presented.

Just as a bad take on graphics can lead you to think that good graphics = high res textures/photorealism or RTX/Post-processing. An undervalue of graphics lead you to ruin precious developing time of excellent art assets and ultimately ruin a presentation, a visual experience for many.

Graphics DO Matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyjyWUrHsFc

"They say graphics are unimportant, but every game i've played has had them."

[tymora]

If it's time for an overhaul, its time for a new game. (and leave the existing one as is)

Bring on FFXVII Online!

[Genz]

Uh, what in particular about the combat and raid design?
I think they're both incredible...

Lazy die and retry
with lot of particle effects to hide the shallowness

That being said, it's not related to engine/server, and they could change it in the current game if they wanted. But this kind of change may be even bigger than server/engine, because it implies for all the player base to learn new things. They've been nurtured by FFXIV for years. Maybe even the devs themselves have forgotten how to do anything different, forgotten the potential of games.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I play on a 55-inch TV. I can clearly see all the graphical shortcuts. I do not particularly care. Super-pretty graphics are like icing on a cake; it's nice if it's pretty, but the cake itself is the main event.

[Fyrebrand]

Inventory is a perfect example, we get all these strange workarounds like chocobo saddlebag instead of just more inventory space.. apparently because it's not all that simple.

They're literally removing belts from the game as a solution to giving us more inventory slots. This is how silly things have gotten.

[Holystyle]

They're literally removing belts from the game as a solution to giving us more inventory slots. This is how silly things have gotten.

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[Vrankyl]

They're literally removing belts from the game as a solution to giving us more inventory slots. This is how silly things have gotten.

You make it sound like this is a bad thing. Honestly belts have needed to go for a long while. They are the only piece of gear that has no glamour purpose, really don't add much stat wise, and have honestly done nothing but needlessly clog up loot tables since at least HW. I am pretty sure we can all easily recall those times where nothing but belts dropped in an instance. So them realizing if they do away with a useless gear slot they can then give us more inventory isn't a bad thing.