Thread: Suggestion: Implement 1.0's storyline

Originally Posted by Ashgarth

You would finish the 1.0 storyline in 30 mins.

We had... what? 15 main scenario quests?

Not to mention that most of the original (launch version) main scenario felt so inconsequential and lacked any real sense of progression. You grind for 4-5 levels to get another main scenario quest, and what do you do? Fight three monsters? Click on a few objects on the ground? Play parley? The final main scenario mission had you undertake a mission that ended in utter failure, and that was it.

The only part of the original main scenario that really made an impression on me was the Ifrit part, and that's been totally replicated in the 2.0 storyline.

Maybe its just me but I still feel like 1.0 graphics (at least the armor) still had better textures. A lot of the gear in ARR looks flat to me.

I enjoyed 1.0's story quite a bit. Main, class, and grand company.

As far as re-implementing it? What a waste of development energy that would be -- you all could have played 1.0 just the same as the thousands of us who did.

If you want to "catch up" on the lore/past, there are plenty of resources for that as has been mentioned.

Originally Posted by Ransu

Maybe its just me but I still feel like 1.0 graphics (at least the armor) still had better textures. A lot of the gear in ARR looks flat to me.

You bet it did. So much so that it needed about a GTX460 to run good. A potted plant in 1.0 took up the same amount of memory characters do now in 2.0. The game was beautiful with inertia which really added to the immersion. Servers ended up not being able to handle it when large amounts of players we're on or close together.

Originally Posted by mikecoby

You bet it did. So much so that it needed about a GTX460 to run good. A potted plant in 1.0 took up the same amount of memory characters do now in 2.0. The game was beautiful with inertia which really added to the immersion. Servers ended up not being able to handle it when large amounts of players we're on or close together.

I think that had more to do with lack of optimization than anything else. My PC is pretty beefy and I still had some issues with 1.0 back then when I really shouldn't have. I still think ARR looks really good though. It's just the armor looks flat to me. It doesn't....pop? I guess that would be the word to use.

Originally Posted by Ransu

I think that had more to do with lack of optimization than anything else. My PC is pretty beefy and I still had some issues with 1.0 back then when I really shouldn't have. I still think ARR looks really good though. It's just the armor looks flat to me. It doesn't....pop? I guess that would be the word to use.

Direct X11 client is coming. "please look forward to it."

Originally Posted by mikecoby

You bet it did. So much so that it needed about a GTX460 to run good. A potted plant in 1.0 took up the same amount of memory characters do now in 2.0. The game was beautiful with inertia which really added to the immersion. Servers ended up not being able to handle it when large amounts of players we're on or close together.

And all this only for a pot (PC here mean Player Character) ^^

Remember the chistmas tree that have melded some players graphic cards?

Originally Posted by MageBlack

Direct X11 client is coming. "please look forward to it."

Really? Did they give a time frame? That would do wonders for the game.

I just want to know what happened with the 1.0 Ascians. They were sure different than the ones we see now.

For those who didn't play 1.0, skip to 9:46 in this video. I've linked it to begin at that time, but YouTube sometimes doesn't like that.

http://youtu.be/stRw--u6UaE?t=9m46s

Originally Posted by Ransu

Really? Did they give a time frame? That would do wonders for the game.

There was no set timeframe, it was announced during the Beta. IIRC they were focusing on the PS3/4 Versions first, then the Direct x11 will follow. From the sounds of things though, its getting pushed back a little until some time after the China Release. If you read the first couple questions here, it should shed some light. The sooner the better but seriously though, are the graphics really so terrible you cant play it? Been seeing complaints about "terrible graphics" since beta. I just don't think its worth the overreaction to something they are actively working on.