4k resolution with LQ texture?

[Lanceton]

I heard they're adding 4k support for 3.2?
will they do HQ texture at the same time then?
it's about time we get a graphic upgrade after the initial downgrade...
https://youtu.be/YRZ_4H0OK60?t=9m2s

[Colorful]

The only thing they're updating is the UI afaik, texture and screen resolution are independent so the probability of adding HD textures are low.

A HD texture pack is something that's been requested for quite sometime now, but no answer to the request so far. Even if you're playing at 1080p, or 4k the textures look just as bad. They were were compressed with the mindset that you'd be zoomed out 90% of the time so it isn't really noticeable, which is true in outdoor areas but indoors and on armour it looks awful.

[Lexia]

I heard they're adding 4k support for 3.2?
will they do HQ texture at the same time then?
it's about time we get a graphic upgrade after the initial downgrade...
https://youtu.be/YRZ_4H0OK60?t=9m2s

The downgrade was needed cause most people had hard time running the game cause needed a super computer to play the game. So the game was redone with the masses in mind in of small group. Don't think there will be any graphical upgrades coming.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Honestly, the low quality textures of the game just ruin the tesellation and create weird mapping arround the whole game... A HQ texture pack is very needed, and i bet inside the community we have the people with the skills and the will to do something like that, but again, this game doesn`t support modding neither.

It`s painful to see the clothes textures on cutscenes or the shadows...

[Culfinrandir]

Once the PS3 support ends (praise the Twelve) they will have more incentive to create higher textures. I don't know when the next generation of consoles are due but by then people will simply not tolerate graphics from the VGA era in a top tier MMO.

[Jynx]

The downgrade was needed cause most people had hard time running the game cause needed a super computer to play the game. So the game was redone with the masses in mind in of small group. Don't think there will be any graphical upgrades coming.

Right because no game ever has had you know...settings for this kind of stuff.

[Riardon]

Basically they downgraded the graphics in order to focus in gameplay and content. Yoshi called it "unhealthy obsession with graphics " back in GDC 2014. Maybe some time in future they will bring us HQ textures. Who knows. I do not expect any graphic updated before 4.0 and before they drop PS3 support.

[Gilraen]

Once the PS3 support ends (praise the Twelve) they will have more incentive to create higher textures. I don't know when the next generation of consoles are due but by then people will simply not tolerate graphics from the VGA era in a top tier MMO.

So what about the low to mid-tier PC players? What are they supposed to do when you throw them out with the 'bath water' (consoles)? And I have to agree, it is a rather mindless obsession to want better and better graphics. In a couple years your 'high quality at the time' graphics will again be eclipsed by what's new and improved and we'll be right back here again with people demanding the graphics be improved yet again... I'd rather they spend those resources improving gameplay than graphics.

[Lexia]

Right because no game ever has had you know...settings for this kind of stuff.

Well obviously they decided not to keep those setting around and go with a one size fits all scheme.

[Colorful]

So what about the low to mid-tier PC players? What are they supposed to do when you throw them out with the 'bath water' (consoles)? And I have to agree, it is a rather mindless obsession to want better and better graphics. In a couple years your 'high quality at the time' graphics will again be eclipsed by what's new and improved and we'll be right back here again with people demanding the graphics be improved yet again... I'd rather they spend those resources improving gameplay than graphics.

For one there are things called graphics settings, so even with high resolution textures they can be lowered. Also, a mid-tier PC can breeze through FFXIV, hell even a low-end PC could unless we're talking laptops or prebuilts. Regardless, your point is somewhat invalidated by the fact that they raised the minimum requirements for Heavensward without a second thought really. A HD texture pack would also not take anywhere near the amount of resources as improving gameplay would, as the assets already exist. They don't compress the textures then delete their original state.

Other long running MMOs improve their visuals, there's no reason FFXIV should be exempt because "They'll ask for it to happen again". Otherwise in 5 years the game's beauty will no longer be carried by its art style and start to look like ass. FFXIV doesn't have revolutionary gameplay, it does have exceptional art direction (with somewhat nice visuals) and music, and those are some key selling points in the reviews and first impressions I've seen.