I'm very happy with the direction ARR is being taken.

[alexhatesmil]

Here's the thing though, as far as the graphical engine goes, it needed to be reworked. It's fine for people who have the money for a high end PC, but some people can't afford to get a brand new gaming PC just to play. Hell, I nearly wasn't able to get a good enough computer to play it, but I got incredibly lucky and was able to get something decent.

Having graphics that are a lot more scalable is so much better for everyone. And yeah, I can't help but feel pangs of worry too, but I'm definitely not into panic mode yet. I'll wait until they announce a release date before I start to consider panicking. By then I might be in beta, and I'll have a better sense of what kind of progress we've made first hand.

On top of that, there's also the limitations of the engine itself. How many times have players asked for a feature to be added, only for the devs to respond, "The engine won't really let us do that. . ." Reworking everything from the ground up was definitely the right thing to do.

[Shougun]

On top of that, there's also the limitations of the engine itself. How many times have players asked for a feature to be added, only for the devs to respond, "The engine won't really let us do that. . ." Reworking everything from the ground up was definitely the right thing to do.

But then they tell us they cant do some animations because of their engine, a little silly I would say. (Otherwise I completely agree with you :P lol)

[alexhatesmil]

But then they tell us they cant do some animations because of their engine, a little silly I would say. (Otherwise I completely agree with you :P lol)

They didn't say that at all. They said they didn't want to use the animations, which I think is worse.

[Shougun]

They didn't say that at all. They said they didn't want to use the animations, which I think is worse.

Oh really, that is worse >.<. I thought they said they couldnt because of so excuse on lag.

[alexhatesmil]

Oh really, that is worse >.<. I thought they said they couldnt because of so excuse on lag.

Here's the quote from the devs:

While the animations were nice, the development team's number one focus in A Realm Reborn is on gameplay so even though they were nice animations, the team made the decision to remove them.

[Shougun]

Here's the quote from the devs:

I guess I could read it either way. Both ways are horrible reasons though. SE has -no- room to downgrade anything.

[Starlord]

I guess I could read it either way. Both ways are horrible reasons though. SE has -no- room to downgrade anything.

Either that, or we are spoiled little brats that wants all the eyecandy in the world *playing xenoblade* XD.

[Arcell]

I guess I could read it either way. Both ways are horrible reasons though. SE has -no- room to downgrade anything.

For all the upgrades we're getting, I think they've earned a little slack. There's huge discussions over one or two "downgrades" which is debatable at best but no one's talking about all the good they're doing.

If they think that shifting their focus from one area to another at the cost of a "downgrade" is what they want to do, then that's what they're going to do. They have more riding on the success of this game than anyone else so don't think they make such decisions lightly.

2.0 IS going to be a completely different game though. People are going to have to re-evaluate if it's really the game they want to play. For me, from the looks of it so far it's the best thing I've seen on the market in years. Not that that's really saying much since most of the MMO releases in recent years have been mediocre at best.

[Keisuna]

But then they tell us they cant do some animations because of their engine, a little silly I would say. (Otherwise I completely agree with you :P lol)

You meant that the animations are limited because they wanted more responsive movement right? Or do you not know the difference between a graphics engine and a gameplay mechanic?

[Shougun]

You meant that the animations are limited because they wanted more responsive movement right? Or do you not know the difference between a graphics engine and a gameplay mechanic?

You totally skipped over everything written here. First in my own post I said "its a little silly", and if you ever read the animation hate thread you would know that I have made animations/movement engines.

You dont need to tell me they aren't related. I think its crap SE got rid of them.