Important Announcement from the Devs!!

[Stilzkin]

No words, EPIC!

[kurokawa]

F*&k me. I take back everything bad I have said, and triple enforce everything good I said.

I am shocked. This is making me feel like a kid again.

Superb

[Junpei]

woah woah woah

http://wdl.square-enix.com/ffxiv/dow...Content_EN.pdf

Markets - Release of Auction house Features.

nuff said.

[Sehro]

all this high-end pc talk is scary lol.

[Babydoll]

Christmas came early lol

[Junpei]

Christmas came early lol

I think you mean Christmas 2012 will be coming early T_T

[Teknoman]

all this high-end pc talk is scary lol.

It said they would be reoptimizing it so you wouldnt need such a high end PC to run.

FINAL FANTASY XIV boasts some of the highest quality graphics amongst all
current-generation MMORPGs. Unfortunately, extremely high-end PCs are required
in order to experience those graphics.

Our new graphics engine will allow us to maintain a high level of graphic quality while
allowing us to optimize the game for play on the PlayStation®3 system.

I'm sure we'll be seeing performance boosts all around. Its probably that new engine they were showing off shots of a few months back.

[Babydoll]

I think you mean Christmas 2012 will be coming early T_T

lol good point XD

[Bahn]

Actually, Star wars galaxies was completely changed in a process called "new game enhancements" and they bled subscriptions because the player base hated it. the game pretty much died.

But that was changing an in place game, this is an update to a beta

Holy crap, do not fricken remind me of that NGE downgrade. Whoever spearheaded that has got to have been the dumbest manager ever. Fixing what wasn't broken and not even properly playtesting it with their population... UGH.

[Bahn]

It said they would be reoptimizing it so you wouldnt need such a high end PC to run.

FINAL FANTASY XIV boasts some of the highest quality graphics amongst all
current-generation MMORPGs. Unfortunately, extremely high-end PCs are required
in order to experience those graphics.

Our new graphics engine will allow us to maintain a high level of graphic quality while
allowing us to optimize the game for play on the PlayStation®3 system.

I'm sure we'll be seeing performance boosts all around. Its probably that new engine they were showing off shots of a few months back.

What I'm worried about is if Square-Enix will be working "backwards" by using a PS3 optimized engine and backporting it to PC. I would HATE to be playing a console port MMO. I've already dealt with that playing Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst and Phantasy Star Universe. FFXI also was designed with the consoles in mind with some afterthought for the PC. I hope with the use of their new engine the graphics won't be downscaled/lowered to accommodate for the PS3 and not keep PCs in mind. They need to properly optimize for PC and keep the graphics looking good while also downscaling for the PS3 and keep that end of the population happy.