Can we get HQ textures yet? It's 2018

[DrWho2010]

minimum specs. i know they are updating and getting rid of 32 bit and direct 9 but that (and it previously being ps3 limitations) is really the reason why stuff is the way it is. potato e-machine needs to be able to run it so that's why the rest of us don't get the super fancy stuffs.

[Iromi]

I love the modded long hair. Would be amazing to see this game get a graphics update.

Think it's time they really consider upgrading it. It would be a nice investment I'd say.

[Eriane_Elis]

The problem with making a new MMO is that it would have to radically deviate from both XI and XIV, or you face the same issue Everquest and Everquest 2 had with a lot of the playerbase not wanting to abandon their progress and move over. Tanaka was even afraid of that when XIV was in very early development, which lead to dev time spent trying to find a way to port XI characters over in their entirety. I'd love it if Square were to be the pioneers that resurrect the genre, but I don't see the shareholders and upper management being on board with something that risky unless they just have that much faith in Yoshida.

I imagine they'll do some sizable engine updates now that they've cut some baggage loose, but not mid-expansion if only for legal reasons.

What if they do something so radical it makes you scream like a school girl meeting Justin Bieber? Wait, now it's BTS I think... Well, anyway, what if it's a continuation where the WoL continues their journey in the new game? I'm not saying you could transfer your items, house etc... Although mogstation items converted over to the new game would be icing on the cake, but what if story-wise it continued on from where you left off? Think more like Dragon Age 2 in a sense.

[Sagittarii]

I don't think it's worth the effort at this point. The resources would be better spent on a new game for the PS5 era.

[LyraKuroneko]

I don't think it's worth the effort at this point. The resources would be better spent on a new game for the PS5 era.

For all we know, the new project Yoshida is doing could be a FFXIV for PS5.

At least I hope. If not I guess the 10y plan for XIV as ended.

[Nyvara]

Honestly I know why they won't endorse mods, but I do wish they'd be a bit more okay with texture modders who try to upscale the current models. If SE can't put the resources in for very understandable reasons then the users are more than happy to pick up the slack. Hell they can even make a contest out of it. I'm sure there's plenty of texture modders who'd die for the chance to get some in game rewards for upscaling some areas or even just single items.

I assume it has to do with Sony play station not allowing outside resources to be uploaded. For example FO4 and Skyrim can only be modded with resources that are already in the game which is why there are almost no Texture mods on those platforms. So it's probably easier for SE to say No mods at all for FFXIV. Just speculation.

[Sagittarii]

For all we know, the new project Yoshida is doing could be a FFXIV for PS5.

At least I hope. If not I guess the 10y plan for XIV as ended.

If they follow the usual pattern, it should be one more expansion in the summer of 2021 followed by a 2-year patch cycle. That would be 10 years. I don't see SE going back and updating the textures on old content though.

[guardin]

For all we know, the new project Yoshida is doing could be a FFXIV for PS5.

At least I hope. If not I guess the 10y plan for XIV as ended.

that could work. the next xpac is in about 2 years and that is around the same time ps5 would come out. but if they are gonna keep ff14 around they need to change engines or upgrade it to get past all the limitations. They can accept this fate or defy it, but they cannot deny it.