Lackluster Graphics in FFXIV

[Abriael]

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I still stand firm that adding reflection to the water is a no-brainer, and light on the system resources.

I would bother implementing it only once the hardware can actually hold reflection of the environment *and* characters.

There's a big problem with implementing just reflection of the environment, and that's that FFXIV has several areas in which characters can actually step into the water.
personally, I find seeing the water reflect the environment, and not the character that's sitting right on it rather distracting and aesthetically shoddy.

Environment-only reflection works well only in those games in which getting *into* the water isn't allowed, in my opinion.