Let's Talk : GRAPHICS

[Valaskor]

Hello there fellow Forum Community.

I wanted to post this a long time ago, now i have the time to do it. I want to talk with you about the Game's graphics.

We all know that 1.XX had better Textures, Animation as well as certain little things as "Actually seeing your equipped Belt". Even though the latter was taken out for other reasons (being that it would limit the Design Team - HELL WHAT ?) most of it was done because the PS3 is lacking in terms of Hardware.

I don't want to bash PS3 it's ok and nice and i think it is a very good idea to bring the game out for PC and PS3 and i can understand the downgrading and design choices.

Before you get at me with "dude calm the f down we're getting dx11 next year" i know that this is true.

What rustles my jimmies is the Fact that we don't know what it will be like or if we get better textures and i can't see SE getting us better Animations !

There is few to no responses in term to the overall Graphics quality of the game. My BIG question is as follows :

WHY didn't you put up TWO Clients for YOUR Game SE ?

One beeing the version we are playing with pc as well as ps3.
The second beeing a "premium" client with all the juicy stuff in there.

It would work the same way as EVE Online did it with their normal and premium graphics client. Well now i really HOPE that this will be the case with the release of the PS4 version as well as the release of the DX11 patch but as i have said before i can't see us getting higher texture resolutions and as far as i know there is no response from the devs about it.

Don't get me wrong will ya ? I love the Game and the Beautiful Graphics but i want more, especially for my Character ! Even though i can live without Belts (but i'd still love them) i atleast wish there were better quality textures overall and better and especially MORE animations !

Edith says : Oh and i would love different Cutscenes atleast the old ones. I just Loved it to watch them and start a New Character it was much more immersive... i wish there would be some kind of "Vanilla" servers where the latest Game version from the old Final Fantasy would run without ARR.

What are your thoughts on it ?

inb4 people try to actually claim that the ps3 doesn't hold back the PC client.

I don't say it does i just want there to be a way to get more juicy for PC and PS4 (if the Graphic would stay the same on that System... I'd lose my faith)

Well even though if my Statements about 1.0 were untrue (atleast i feel like some of it was actually pretty much better). This is not about "I want 1.0 graphics back" it is about : I want an overall Improvement in Graphic quality not just some DX11 stuff and that's it. The PC can do better, the PS4 can do better but the PS3 cannot so they HAD to design it this way (1 client fits all).

I am torn on this issue. In some ways 1.0 had better graphics and there are things I miss, but in other ways 2.0 seems to be better. I like the variety of scenery in 2.0, but I miss some of the texture features of 1.0 especially on gear. But hell I miss the UI and battle of 1.23 so I probably shouldn't speak. I also miss the mining and crafting in 1.0. Overall I think 2.0's upgrades and utility make up for what we lost.

Oh so true ! I actually liked 1.0 battle and gathering system ! And yea the upgrade does make up for it but we could actually get much more for our losses. And i don't want to turn this into a second thread of which we all know about. But Butt sliders... man I'd like some.

While I understand your sentiment, there are good reasons why CCP stopped with the whole dual client thing - it simply costed too much, both financially and in terms of developmental and support resources to make it worthwile.

My fault didn't think too much about the costs but i understand this point of view. BUT As far as the upper quote implies it will be done either way.

THANK THE TWELVE belts don't show in this game. I love this fact and it's going to be a huge plus when vanity slots are implemented. Ever try to find a matching belt that didn't make your robes look like a bathrobe? Ewwwww, NO to visible belts!

Show/Unshow Helm / Show/Unshow Belt {I can have it ?}