Dawntrail Benchmark

[Jojoya]

I already know after yesterday's announcement that my PC is going to barely scraping above minimum system requirements (I've had it for 6 years and it wasn't top of the line when I got it) but it's not going to stop me from pre-ordering. I've played below minimum system requirements in the past while scraping together money for a new system so I know what to expect and what I can do to compensate (and what I will need to avoid doing).

I have a 4090 Jeeq. I just wanna see the damn benchmark and character creation lol. Nonetheless, the point stands that the benchmark should be out at the same time or earlier than pre-orders are available so the consumer can make an informed decision. Defending the delay helps noone.

Benchmark usually comes out around the same time as the media preview.

There's no need to pre-order now. You can pre-order up through the last day of Early Access and still get the bonuses.

There's also no risk to pre-ordering if you want access to the bonus items sooner. They will not charge your payment method until the official release date. If after the media tour you're still not satisfied with what you're seeing, you can cancel your pre-order.

So you're fine whatever you decide. Pre-order now or pre-order later or don't pre-order at all. Unless someone is still in the process of leveling multiple combat jobs to 90, there is no benefit to pre-ordering right now. If they aren't a minion collector that simply MUST have the pre-order minion, there's almost no point in pre-ordering at all. Early Access queues will be a mess for most data centers.

We got the Benchmark for Ew in July on the 11th in 2021, and we didn;t get anyform of a media tour until they did the EW event due to covid which took place near the end of October that year which took place over like 3-4 days. So that means we'll be seeing our benchmark sometime soon in the coming weeks and our media tour right before release.

That was earlier than usual because of COVID messing up their normal pre-lauch schedule plus the release being delayed last minute.

Is this truly the level of arguments we’re making here? Just how brainwashed does Yoshi P and SE have you? Are you some kind of bot? These are serious questions. Because this a pretty low IQ statement and I mean that as respectful as possible.

Yet you prove his point. It's a marketing tool that you want access to before you make the decision to purchase.

Most games don't release a benchmark tool at all. Do you obsess over whether the other games you play offer a benchmark tool before you purchase and refuse to purchase if they don't?

You seem more like someone that's been brainwashed than he does. You think the tool is vitally important when it never has been for gaming.

Edit: found this link

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Li...-in_benchmarks

If you sort by benchmark release date in descending order, there have been 14 games released in the past 2 years that have offered a built-in benchmark.

If I try googling for games that offer a separate benchmark tool, I get directed toward third party tools and not tools provided by game studios/publishers.

If I try googling for games that offer a benchmark tool prior to the game's official release I get a ton of player complaints about having to purchase before getting access to a benchmark. FFXIV seems to be fairly unique in this regard (you can thank YoshiP the fellow gamer for that)

There will be a Dawntrail benchmark as we've gotten benchmarks for the other expansions. It's just not ready yet. They're probably still working on job animation graphics and the benchmark would be somewhat pointless if those weren't included.