ARR's character/armor textures are shit compared to FFXIV 1.0's. My "new and improved" Warrior AF/White Mage AF looks like fluffy mashed potatoes when you zoom in about half-way. FFXIV's 1.0 were much more crisp, detailed, and smooth. Makes me sad. And yes, I play the game maxed out. SweetFX too.

Gotta admit though, the environments do look overall better in 2.0.

I'll always miss 1.23's battle system.. but hey, I guess I can live with it. What bothers me most is that they got rid of the stop-and-go animations when running. Ugh! That was real neat. Your walking/running actually felt like it had some weight to it. No other MMO really had that, I think.

Damned PS3...

Anyways, I am hoping DX11 brings more graphical options and minor improvements. At the moment, the options are pretty limited.