This is rather frustrating...

[Chooty]

How to find out what the graphics will look like on a better system:

Step 1: Open up the Lodestone main page
Step 2: Click on the Version 2.0 tag in the left corner
Step 3: Click on the first link of the roadmap at the bottom (the 1.4mb one)
Step 4: Scroll to page 7 where it shows an actual ingame screenshot that was confirmed by the devs to be the game running on a pc with the new specs. (The one of a party fighting a dragon)
Step 5: Let it sink in that this is what the game will look like for those that can run it at higher specs.
Step 6: S T F U!

1. Look at screenshot
2. Clutter, clutter everywhere.
3. Foilage looks just as crappy
4. Biggs reality distortion field is running at full power

[Rannie]

You know I kinda find it funny because they already said they were going to scale down the graphics due to the ps3's lack of capability and it's lower video card. Plus Is it just me or wasn't there issues with the graphics being too much and overloading even the highest end video cards? seriously I'm glad they're lowering the graphics I love a beautiful looking game but I want as many people as possible to play it. Also I don't want to kill my video card even though I have a decent one.

Ignore their complaining and don't let it get to you remember they wouldn't know a good thing if it bit them in the a$$.

[Dragon]

You know I kinda find it funny because they already said they were going to scale down the graphics due to the ps3's lack of capability and it's lower video card. Plus Is it just me or wasn't there issues with the graphics being too much and overloading even the highest end video cards? seriously I'm glad they're lowering the graphics I love a beautiful looking game but I want as many people as possible to play it. Also I don't want to kill my video card even though I have a decent one.

Ignore their complaining and don't let it get to you remember they wouldn't know a good thing if it bit them in the a$$.

Not just you.

Hell, my EVGA GTX580 3GB still can't handle the game on max settings even at 30FPS (not including Ambient Occlusion either), so I don't buy that anyone is taking full advantage of the game's graphics.

[KiriA500]

THIS IS ALL I SEE! YUCKY!!!

UGH, UGLY GAME IS UGLY!

[Otaku]

Not just you.

Hell, my EVGA GTX580 3GB still can't handle the game on max settings even at 30FPS (not including Ambient Occlusion either), so I don't buy that anyone is taking full advantage of the game's graphics.

I find that odd, I run an ATI6870XFX@1080p and run fine @max settings (I do turn off dust because I feel it makes the game look worse imo)

[Biggs]

1. Look at screenshot
2. Clutter, clutter everywhere.
3. Foilage looks just as crappy
4. Biggs reality distortion field is running at full power

Actually the lighting, shadowing and dynamic effects all look better in that screen than they do in those released, but if you want to nit-pick about what the grass looks like then by all means please carry on. If thats what is SUPER important to you as a gamer, to each his own.

[Starlord]

Gameplay> Looks nuff said. You can argue about "Graphics all you want" but when it comes down to it, its the content and gameplay that matters.

Most of us complain about FFXIV for a reason, so a little sacrifice ( little downgrade of graphics) has to be made to achieve what were all after. and I don't honestly see a Graphical difference, but then again I'm not a Graphics whore, because I love gameplay over anything else. I love graphics sure.. but if it takes away from the game, then no Thank you.

[magenta_taco]

did someone say... copy/paste?

[Starlord]

did someone say... copy/paste?

Are you seriously going to "nit-pick" at that? Let me ask you this, Are they all in the same spot everytime you go 2 feet? They look like they are in different spots to me.

And EVERY MMO does C/P to some degree.

[Biggs]

did someone say... copy/paste?

Better foliage and what not than entire chunks of landscape at a time, but I could be jumping the gun on that, we will have to wait and see what the walkthroughs of the terrain look like before I can say for certainty they havent repeated that mistake. Considering they moved to having zones because that was a major complaint, I would be very suprised if they did that again. I can live with cloned cacti, but no thanks on the cloned canyons and valleys.