Hi Res Texture Pack

[CrAZYVIC]

Count me in. Yoshi-p Can add options for PC users, Low, Medium, High, extreme Res textures, depending of our PC.

Another important thing i want add. I hope they add "TESSELATION". This effect is really important.

[Shioban]

Another important thing i want add. I hope they add "TESSELATION". This effect is really important.

Tessellation isn't a great way to create detail frankly it's rather a waste in most cases as it uses far too much overall processing power, it's essentially a waste if anything.
In the case of a tree, cobbeled stones, coiled wires it's a nice effect yes, it looks fantastic but with the sheer amount of topology overall in an MMO it would be a beastly rendering cost to use.

For an MMO you want to try and achieve the best detail you can with as LITTLE topology as possible (If you actually look for the wireframe versions of FFXIVs characters as I can't post it here you can see JUST how low poly everything is).

All the detail is retained from the original Hi-Poly model through various normal maps thankfully, hence the reason for this entire thread. If you lower the resolution of the diffuse (base) texture as well as the normal map you're affecting the overall detail retention. So in the case of FFXIV Tesselation /really/ isn't needed to get that extra edge of detail (however eating up a little more GPU memory in textures would be nice).



tl;dr
Tessellation isn't needed to create detail, it's very 'expensive' to use.
Normal Maps provide enough detail (as long as the resolution/light-sources is/are sufficient)