Quote Originally Posted by ZhaneX View Post
Because 1.0 put more emphasis on the look of the game than the actual game itself.
The scaled-down Luminous Engine (which FFXIV uses) is highly optimized to show multiple player-characters/NPCs on-screen all at once with maximum performance. The only valid excuse to remove it's core function is because of the PS3. Since it'll be dropped in 4.0, it won't be valid anymore, pretty much.

So, I'm hoping they will look at this and possibly add better textures and such, as nothing will be holding its Engine capabilities back anymore at that point, haha.