Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

Originally Posted by Sapphic

Theres a very valid reason why so much is server side. If it was all client side then you would see a MASSIVE increase in hacks, cheats and exploits. Put damage calculations server side, there would be hacks to one shot any mob/boss. Put positioing client side, TP hacks and the like, much more rampant than now.

In the words of Raph Koster (if you don't know who he is, I recomend looking him up on google)

"The client is in the hands of the enemy, never ever forget that."

Also everything you said about 1.0 and ARR are opinions. Not facts.

There is always alot of hacks and cheats, to state that there would be more if more processes where handled by clients is your opinion not fact. Its no reason to inconvenience the honest players further. My opionion is that individuals that want to cheat and hack will find a way regardless of what the developers try to inconvenience their cheating attemps with. And fact the World of Warcraft gameplay is far smoother and reliable based on what you visualy see and what happens. FFXIV what you see is not always what happens, its up to chance and the mood of the server(latency).

To to say that there is a very valid reason so much is server side is bs.

Originally Posted by VarinaVashai

To to say that there is a very valid reason so much is server side is bs.

In a "perfect" environment, eg one that we have infinite bandwidth and zero latency, the ideal situation is to simply render the entire game on the server end. Thereby no hacks because you only get a streaming "3D" video of your avatar in the game.

That will never be obtainable because the speed of light says so. Also the desire of AMD and nVidia to sell 1000$ video cards to the datacenters instead of users who can't afford it might work in their favor if it were ever possible.