PS1 game that has better battle graphics than FFXIV

[Rydin]

This game is well beyond salvation

No it's not, that's just Hyperbole

Exactly.

The graphics engine can do amazing stuff but they haven't really used it yet.

You're absolutely right....
People are impatient.. plain and simple....
What good would it do to increase the particle FX, or water FX or natural lighting or rendered objects on a game that already recommends a GTX 460 or better... on an engine that was made for PS3 OGL and X360 DX9?
They increase that and then what? You need a GTX 480 or Radeon HD 5870 or better to even get the thing running smoothly?
People... there is a process....
The middleware (specifically graphics) engine and the battle system reciprocally affect each other and need to be sorted out, and optimized before we can even begin to see anything else.... yes, there are multiple teams working on the game... but most teams can do nothing until they are familiar with the new battle system and the optimizing of the engine. Both of these changes should also affect perceived lag and latency in the game and it's controls.... which affects the animations even more....
But SE knows players want instant gratification... i think Yoshi should have taken the first 6 months in "office" and said "No updates, we are overhauling the game engine to at least support directX 10, then we can talk about what the game needs"
and the future of FFXIV could be built on a more solid ground. Then they could redo many of the formulae that cause too frequent server requests and contribute to the global latency encountered in the game...
But no... He has had to talk about Auction houses and grade 6+ gathering nodes instead of focusing on the root of the games issues....
the one thing you have to understand is Yoshi-P's name is on this game now, this is his life... if you're complaints and constant nagging fuck up the game, you just move on to the Old Republic or Oblivion 5, while the developers could lose a lot more than a few ranks invested in a fictitious pixels powered by moving electrons....

And for the record.. Chrono Cross sucked a fat one.... As did Legend of Mana
Chrono TRIGGER and SECRET of Mana for the win