Wow! We have come a long way!

[OMEGAlomania]

1.0 attack were slower but they were also not spamy.

I personally prefer the old battle system in that video. Fast does not = good in my books

Exactly, 1.XX combat had a sort of.... rhythm to it, it's kinda hard to explain lol. And it was all about using smaller abilities to build your TP up for the stronger attacks, not like ARR where you are just burning through an already full meter.

There's a lot to like about ARR, i'm going nowhere. But ghad there are a LOT of things I miss/prefered about 1.XX, combat is one of them.

[Tupsi]

It's not bad

Like many in this community, if it isn't ARR, it's a terrible, terrible MMORPG, especially if it happens to be XI and XIV 1.23 and there was absolutely nothing good about it.

They were on long timers (with no global cool down ones to my knowledge, I didn't play 1.XX much at all)

Not really - They were more hindered by TP cost if you weren't good at TP management or had Store TP materia - You also had more focus on combos that weren't just there for boosting potency a bit.

[AlexNiculaie]

Like many in this community, if it isn't ARR, it's a terrible, terrible MMORPG, especially if it happens to be XI and XIV 1.23 and there was absolutely nothing good about it.

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

[SirSaber]

Exactly, 1.XX combat had a sort of.... rhythm to it, it's kinda hard to explain lol. And it was all about using smaller abilities to build your TP up for the stronger attacks, not like ARR where you are just burning through an already full meter.

There's a lot to like about ARR, i'm going nowhere. But had there are a LOT of things I miss/prefered about 1.XX, combat is one of them.

What I miss about 1.XX is the Music and the Graphics ( tho my PC could not tolerate them at the time ).
But I really miss the music, really, really, miss it, specially Thanalan at night.

I do not miss combat, it was too slow for me, I did not feel a rhythm like you, I felt frustrated to have to wait so long to execute a skill.
But that's just me ... and apparently allot of others too.

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

Exactly, both had/have good and bad sides but people only look at their own opinions :/

[Tupsi]

I think the exact same can be said of those who fanboy over XI and 1.23. There are pros and cons to both styles, neither is by nature better. It's all just personal preference, and there are people on both sides who tend to forget that.

I see far more hate just mentioning SE's previous MMO/Previous FFXIV version, especially when said people even list the pros/cons though.

[Skyl1n3]

Anyone else think the lighting and contrast looks way better in 1.0? It's what ARR looks like with SweetFX enabled.

[Tupsi]

Anyone else think the lighting and contrast looks way better in 1.0? It's what ARR looks like with SweetFX enabled.

Aside some bloom and shadow issues at times, it did look better in general.

[Kule]

Anyone else think the lighting and contrast looks way better in 1.0? It's what ARR looks like with SweetFX enabled.

1.0 had a stronger mood and colours. 2.0 seems a bit washed out or something.

[Grey_Cain]

Anyone else think the lighting and contrast looks way better in 1.0? It's what ARR looks like with SweetFX enabled.

1.0 was built for high-end PCs, as it was built with high-end graphics as the goal. Mid-range rigs had to drop settings to play, and low-range setups that ARR can play on just wouldn't play 1.x period.

It was quite laughable that they still promised a PS3 port. Whatever people want to say about ARR being limited by PS3, the 1.x PS3 port would have either forced 1.x to drastically drop settings to match play, or the PS3 version would have had to have been made as its own, incompatible, game.

[Seif]

Just look at those rock textures at the very end of the video!

Please make the ps4 version a lot sharper since it has TONS more memory than the ps3 does.