Graphics Update Discussion

[LioJen]

It's alright. I don't zoom in to anyone's face close enough to ever see the difference there, so all I really care about is the lighting and environment textures.

I've also seen how wrong a graphics update can go with PSO2, so I hope they have their ducks in a row before pulling the trigger

[Shougun]

You can go over the character limit by editing your post, so in the future you can write a long post- copy it (perhaps paste it somewhere safe) and then make it small for the purpose of posting, post it, and then edit it and paste the full intended text. That's how you can see insanely long walls like this: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-Other-MMOs%29. For the image thing, make sure it's not in a [url][/ url] box. So just [img] imglinkehere.jpg [/ img]. I put a space in so they don't think it's actually code.

I like the graphics update. Quite a few images I can immediately see a difference, which is cool.

I hope we can see some shader improvements related to weather (I know fog has been improved) and water. Would be nice to get some better looking water. If snow would properly crunch, and rain could 'roll' in, etc. Item specific- It was mentioned recently in another thread, but if they could add tail and ear designs to gear, at least the major ones, that would be really cool. For example any PvP, shop, or such gear that is meant to be 'timeless'. Naturally everything would be preferred but if there was bias I'd take that too lol.

[PEANUT]

Ooo ty! I was trying to get that to work to have the actual images pop up that I enjoyed the most! I'll try that!

YES! Improvements to weather for sure!! Especially when it comes to physics with foliage in windy areas, improvements to snow and such! I would really hope they would in the future when they drop PS4 support (consensus is they will according to most people lol) that they do something similar with character faces where they increase the polygon count on all geometry to an extent. I saw in the latest Fanfest that there is a new tech to make all the characters share the same amount of polygons for uniformity and it just conforms to each of their faces for performance stabilization. I would like to see this as well with the geometry to hopefully get more detail in the environments(again not expecting UE5 quality or miracles but improvements nonetheless). Mix that with improvements in weather and maybe enable ray-tracing if your system supports it and WOW! What a DIFFERENCE that would make!!

[PEANUT]

You can go over the character limit by editing your post, so in the future you can write a long post- copy it (perhaps paste it somewhere safe) and then make it small for the purpose of posting, post it, and then edit it and paste the full intended text. That's how you can see insanely long walls like this: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-Other-MMOs%29. For the image thing, make sure it's not in a [url][/ url] box. So just [img] imglinkehere.jpg [/ img]. I put a space in so they don't think it's actually code.

I like the graphics update. Quite a few images I can immediately see a difference, which is cool.

I hope we can see some shader improvements related to weather (I know fog has been improved) and water. Would be nice to get some better looking water. If snow would properly crunch, and rain could 'roll' in, etc. Item specific- It was mentioned recently in another thread, but if they could add tail and ear designs to gear, at least the major ones, that would be really cool. For example any PvP, shop, or such gear that is meant to be 'timeless'. Naturally everything would be preferred but if there was bias I'd take that too lol.

Oh awesome, didn't know that, thank you!

[Nabril]

It's alright. I don't zoom in to anyone's face close enough to ever see the difference there, so all I really care about is the lighting and environment textures.

I've also seen how wrong a graphics update can go with PSO2, so I hope they have their ducks in a row before pulling the trigger

I agree with you. Everything I've seen so far is just.... underwhelming.

For such a huge increase in requirements, I'm expecting some major improvements. If I have to squint to see the differences, then the requirements should have stayed where they were. You can't tell me that PlayStation users have to go from a PS4 to a PS5 just to get brighter eyes on their character and a very very minor hair difference. That's asking a lot.

No, I'm not bitter because I don't want to spend the money- I'm running a PC that already exceeds the recommended hardware. I upgraded for Flight Simulator 2020 and Hogwarts Legacy.

The updates in this game just aren't that noticeable. I hope they get better. It'll seem a bit unfair to the player base if they don't.