Higher graphic options

[Eluvia]

I was wondering if it's possible (down the line) that higher graphics options were to be added? Currently even at the highest graphics I still feel that there's more this game could give. And I'd love to see even better textures, anti-aliasing, shadows, and more.

Just bigger and better really, but as an option. That way the ps3 won't be taxed. (they can't even handle clothes moving after all)
Those who would have the system to support the additional graphics can turn it on, those who don't, miss out.
But nobody has to have a lower performance as an result. (unless they choose to show the settings)
Textures can be saved locally and thus shouldn't tax the server load as they're loaded by the client same with anything else graphics wise really.

I'd also love to see belts returning as an separate entity, all the other slots show up separately so why can't belts?
(again this can be an option if it's an issue only showing it to those who have it turned on (it could overwrite the current belt models with your own belt)

To summarize I'd like to see added

• Higher texture options
• Higher anti-aliasing options
• Better shadow options
• More shadows
• More lighting options
• Separately shown belt models

All of these optional to those who can support the settings.

[Volgera]

DX11 is on the way!!!

[Dervy]

DX11 is on the way!!!

Yes, DX11 gives you a new lighting engine with better shaders, increases polygon count on models, upgrades textures from 256x256 files to 1080p, improves the games Skyboxes, get's rid of the Planes used for spell animations and changes them to be more dynamic and 3D, improves depth of field, better physics engine and much better particle effects

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DX11 isn't the hope you think it'll be. It'll improve the game visually and increase performance, indeed, but it won't be the graphical overhaul that a lot of us with really "beast" machines want.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

I wonder if SE will ever do DX12 support. That runtime is just around the corner...

[NoahArks]

Once we get dx11 everything will pretty much improve (even performance).

[Galliano]

dx11 will be nice, but it isn't going to be the wonder fix a lot of people are thinking it will. Along with dx11 we are getting high res textures on character models, I just wish the rest of the world was getting the same treatment.

One thing I really hope we get along with dx11 is better quality shadows, the pixelated juddering shadows a lot of objects cast atm are just awful.

[Snugglebutt]

dx11 will be nice, but it isn't going to be the wonder fix a lot of people are thinking it will. Along with dx11 we are getting high res textures on character models, I just wish the rest of the world was getting the same treatment.

One thing I really hope we get along with dx11 is better quality shadows, the pixelated juddering shadows a lot of objects cast atm are just awful.

The biggest difference I have seen is water effects. The rest did not seem that different to me in the example screenshots they have showed about the ongoing transition to DX11. Here is an article about the transition.

[kyuven]

To me this comes off as nitpicking about graphics...as far as MMOs go, FFXIV probably has the best on the market, though Black Desert looks to be trying to snag that title away.
It still amazes me how, even with all these complaints, it still runs better than MMOs that have been around the better part of a decade.

[Balipu]

To me this comes off as nitpicking about graphics...as far as MMOs go, FFXIV probably has the best on the market, though Black Desert looks to be trying to snag that title away.
It still amazes me how, even with all these complaints, it still runs better than MMOs that have been around the better part of a decade.

It certainly beats SWTOR and WOW but it IS true that 1.0 had higher level graphics, just not much to show it on. PS3 would certainly struggle with 1.0 graphics, but the PS4 and the PC wouldn't.

[Gilthas]

PS3 would certainly struggle with 1.0 graphics, but the PS4 and the PC wouldn't.

One of the many reasons that 1.0 failed was because most PCs did indeed struggle with the graphics.