XVI and XIV implications

[NanaWiloh]

FFXIV with FFXVI graphics would be a dream for many players. I know we already can't expect that, like you said, but to have FFXIV's graphics meet XVI's graphics even halfway would be a huge improvement. This is one of the updates that I'm looking forward to the most for 7.0.



I really hope not. Hopefully someone at CBU III eventually starts listening to player feedback.

It will continue to be a dream for the distant future. FF16 level graphics are not mmo friendly and would work against it more then for it. MMO seek to be accessible to as many players as possible. Graphics like FF16 would restrict how many can actually play the game. One of FF16s cut scenes in graphics mode has reported caused ps5s to overheat. Just think what a hunt with 50 players and FF16 level graphics would do..

[RitsukoSonoda]

It will continue to be a dream for the distant future. FF16 level graphics are not mmo friendly and would work against it more then for it. MMO seek to be accessible to as many players as possible. Graphics like FF16 would restrict how many can actually play the game. One of FF16s cut scenes in graphics mode has reported caused ps5s to overheat. Just think what a hunt with 50 players and FF16 level graphics would do..

I'd say they should have learned their lesson on that with FF14 1.0. The game was so overtuned it was eating the hardware of anything running it that wasn't a top tier gaming PC at the time. ARR actually scaled the graphics back.

[Ath192]

I'd say they should have learned their lesson on that with FF14 1.0. The game was so overtuned it was eating the hardware of anything running it that wasn't a top tier gaming PC at the time. ARR actually scaled the graphics back.

There were a lot of contributing factors to the laggy feeling of 1.0. I bought it on launch day and could play it on my laptop on medium graphics 30 FPS. It was a 1K Dell XPS 1645. The problem was that the menus rendered server side, so you know that awful ping we have in this game? well... Apply it to most menus in game and all of a sudden it will take you 3 seconds to even open up your character profile.

Not saying it wasn't a heavy game but the truth is a lot more convoluted than just high graphics. It was a gorgeous game however.