Why is environmental interaction still missing?

[TheVigilant]

Why can't we still not enjoy environmental interaction like the one that has long been added to WoW already and exists in if I'm not mistaken all modern MMORPG out there today?
Why can't my Chocobo have the convenience of the grass massaging its feet in 2019?
Why is this happening?
Is my character not in the same dimension as the world it is in?
Even my character on my first Pokemon in the first Gameboy's days would have the grass around it react when it is moving
Is the FFXIV team struggling with a very unfortunate engine?

[BillyKaplan]

I don't know what you're talking about, the invisible walls I keep running into interact with me just fine

[TheVigilant]

I don't know what you're talking about, the invisible walls I keep running into interact with me just fine

Ye nice one, that's cause they're invisible, I get it..
And I'm not offended by them either, but the grass and bushes definitely deserves some good spanking

[IzVale]

Honestly.. I'd rather have less invisible walls and the possibility, to actually fall down the obvious you-jump-you-die-edges, then having grass interact with me cyberbootey.

[Shurrikhan]

Honestly.. I'd rather have less invisible walls and the possibility, to actually fall down the obvious you-jump-you-die-edges, then having grass interact with me cyberbootey.

But... why not both? Both are very, very standard features in virtually all other MMORPGs.

[TheVigilant]

But... why not both? Both are very, very standard features in virtually all other MMORPGs.

And that is the question of the day.

[Fayt1203]

But... why not both? Both are very, very standard features in virtually all other MMORPGs.

Honestly.. I'd rather have less invisible walls and the possibility, to actually fall down the obvious you-jump-you-die-edges, then having grass interact with me cyberbootey.

just thank hydaelyn that this is not 1.0. there were invisible walls everywhere and no jump feature ;P ;P

[TheVigilant]

just thank hydaelyn that this is not 1.0. there were invisible walls everywhere and no jump feature ;P ;P

I don't mind having the invisible walls that we currently have if the graphics was better polished and we had less glimmering, flickering, shimmering of the lines and shadows and less of the flickering of shadows and felt the environment was more in the same world as the character than how it currently is, I don't think invisible walls should've been brought up in the first place, no one asked for a virtual reality, the thread was simply about a better and more immersive experience and it can be had with a better investment in this area of the game, not all people care what graphics they play in but many people do

[MerleSirlos]

Some of it does. You can see your (or your mount) footprints in sand and snow.

[BillyKaplan]

Some of it does. You can see your (or your mount) footprints in sand and snow.

There's also wet footprints for a while after you step in water or swim.