How good is the game engine of FFXIV?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Bad,the dev strugggle to do any improvement with it,at least the reason they tell us to explain to little innovative content we get,that was the reason why they used so much ressources on eureka and had to forget about some dungeon and stuff.
i hear too that graphic speaking,its really week,they removed butt slider cause with the amount of polygone it adds to the texture,the engine could not handle it

There was no butt slider. Ever. The butt difference is a meme, its not even accurate. There was a difference in sizes between the races to a greater extent than now, which the standardized to make gear scaling easier, that is all.

[Berethos]

There was no butt slider. Ever. The butt difference is a meme, its not even accurate. There was a difference in sizes between the races to a greater extent than now, which the standardized to make gear scaling easier, that is all.

It may have also been a function of lighting and the gear equipped - I'm pretty sure that certain gear right now makes the tush look better/more shapely (Bridesmaids Tights, the shorts from the Lyse set in the store, etc) than in other gear, and as far as I can tell without measuring pixels it's an illusion.

Then again, even now it could be like how some gear augments the chest area or flattens it beyond what was chosen on the character creation screen.