Is game in danger of eventually breakings?

[Shinkuno]

Servers are not so much the issue anymore, the main problem is cross server bandwidth and latency. The more goodies they add (clothes, customizations, dyes, etc.), the more bandwidth they need and as you can only slap so many fiber channel cards into a server, there is the true server limitations.

And all comes down to the engine being a hot mess. Either they are using the "server bandwith" as an excuse cause they cant find a way to add more customization without breaking the game, or the engine is so bad that adding more customization ddos' their own servers. Or, an that could be equally true, dont want to spend ressources on that cause people will eat up their excuses anyway. It shouldnt make a difference if there are 100 or 500 hairs because on the serverside the characterdata should just point to an ID and the client loads the hair with the ID. ANd for a database it doesnt matter if the hairfield says 100 or 325

[VelKallor]

Shinkuno: a new engine is a HUGE investment and will be horribly expensive and time consuming to port the game to. Its a logistical nightmare.

Vel thinks Mao should not worry overmuch, as there are improvements and upgrades on the way. Vel says Mao should just sit back, have fun, and let the SE devs do the driving.

Oh yes.

Vel also thinks Gaius is a silly rabbit, who posts way too often and makes little sense.

So there.

[GaiusDrakon]

A computer works on electrical impulses, and as the human brain is in itself a neurochemical process, programming a computer to translate those neuro impulses into actual commands isnt as hard as you may imagine. Think of it this way, a device connected to a computer, directly reading the commands given from a human brain, translated into AI actions.

Human thought is in itself a series of electrical impulses transmitted via neurons, alpha, theta waves, an EEG is itself a readout of electrical activity.

A computer doesnt read thoughts, it reads electrical impulses and translates those into actions. The source doesnt matter. Take a look at the anatomy of the spinal cord, and then look at a fibreoptic cable. The principle is the same.

bro you literally write nonsense like this lmao

pls go learn spiking neural networks before you ever say another word in your life

[VelKallor]

bro you literally write nonsense like this lmao

Vel thinks this is actually a wonderful idea, will do this more often just to make Gaius' day.

pls go learn spiking neural networks before you ever say another word in your life

Vel wonders if this means Vel is getting on Gaius nerves? Vel is good at doings, not so good at understandings

[Saraide]

The game is constantly at the risk of breaking. The recent changes to wings being visible in combat is a good indication for this. Instance servers are barely functional.

[Jojoya]

So why do they constantly making up excuses about limited data space? For example when asked for more glamour plates.
The reality is they are already pushing the outdated engine to its limits. Everytime they are asked about a feature its always "cant do, something something 1.0 code"

Except they've also announced that FFXIV was approved for a major infrastructure update that will begin in 7.0 and take 3-4 years to complete.

What can't be done now may be possible when that's completed.

Another issue they have to consider is what player clients are capable of handling. Not everyone has a high end PC gaming machine. They can do all the upgrades in the world to their infrastructure and it doesn't mean squat if players aren't likewise upgrading their clients to handle the changes.

PC will have minimum/recommended system requirements updated for 7.0. They have promised PS4 support through at least 7.0 but have made no promises past that. I expect that means that the game will be seeing some really helpful QoL changes as soon as PS4 support is dropped. I know they're keeping an eye on how many players are moving from PS4 to PS5.

[GaiusDrakon]

major infrastructure update that will begin in 7.0 and take 3-4 years to complete

oh no one extra shader that enb has for years

[Stormpeaks]

oh no one extra shader that enb has for years

That's the hilarious part, people think this whole "major graphical update !!" will be anything more than adding a few details via adding items, and some shaders like graphics (that already have existed for years thanks to mods and the one program we dont talk about)

But hey, it only took them like 10 years to do what modders do right ? And they'll probably manage to mess it up too and it'll be such an underwhelming mess than people will stick to the program we dont talk about, hooray !

[Eraden]

Shinkuno: a new engine is a HUGE investment and will be horribly expensive and time consuming to port the game to. Its a logistical nightmare.

Vel thinks Mao should not worry overmuch, as there are improvements and upgrades on the way. Vel says Mao should just sit back, have fun, and let the SE devs do the driving.

Oh yes.

Vel also thinks Gaius is a silly rabbit, who posts way too often and makes little sense.

So there.

Oks. Mao gonna takes easy and nots worry so much.

[VelKallor]

That's the hilarious part, people think this whole "major graphical update !!" will be anything more than adding a few details via adding items, and some shaders like graphics (that already have existed for years thanks to mods and the one program we dont talk about)

i find your lack of faith....disturbing.