Quote Originally Posted by Merton9999 View Post
This is why the update is so confusing to me too. XIV's appeal to me is primarily having a beautiful environment to interact with friends in. The gameplay isn't engaging to me personally. Thankfully the music is still exceptional, but the game is no longer beautiful to look at in pre-DT areas. It's actually appaling.
I feel the same way… I always thought the graphics were great for such an old game! New zones look great, but the old places have suffered for it. Is updating the old zones one of their projects to work on over the patches, or is this really the way things are going to look now? I think I remember them saying they weren’t updating any textures and such in housing at this time, but there’s something so wrong with this lighting inside. 0 used to be total darkness, and it looks about mid-level brightness from before.