graphic update?

[Jin-]

This is far from true. WoW demanded better PC every expansion because they keep upgrading the graphics, a lot of people complained because they were not able to run raids, battlegrounds or even increase the view distance.

That falls on those people to be fair. You can't expect to run a game on a potato forever. Same goes for ps3 and 4 when the time comes

[Jin-]

The Kadomatsu from hell. approaching this thing would overheat my PC.

Get some cheap 1050ti and you are set for the rest of this game's lifetime

[Zileth]

Was wondering whether the dev team has any plans to upgrade the graphics. They are very outdated and I know for a fact this game would get even more players if the graphic looked how they look in Final Fantasy 7 remake.

There was something asked a few months back think they said they prob look into it but after EW release and think it was like 6.1 or 6.2 release

[EtherRose]

Just download and use GShade in the mean time.

[Zileth]

The opposite actually. A lot of people wouldnt be able to play anymore and only a small part of the players would buy a new PC just to be able to Enjoy FF14. They would lose a ton of Costumers.

There are graphic settings lol people with potato's can still play even if the quality is increased unless SE decides to remove the potato mode. BDO has plenty of settings and so do many other games on PC. Its the consoles that might hold it up if they dont have different settings

[TristanX]

They could upgrade engine but make it as optional Custom. You have Ray Tracing, FSR and DLSS too. Cannot force too much graphics because this game is targeted to be more accessible. Those with high end PCs is not majority.

[Zileth]

They said that a graphic update if any would happen after 7.0 at the earliest if they were planning to do one which we don't know if they are or not.


Thank you for actually being knowledgeable about 1.0 unlike 99% of individuals who shit on it without understanding why it failed but instead only parrot bull crap they read on the internet.

However there still ways to have high detail items with out a lot of polys. There is not tech out there which also means SE would need to update the engine or do massive overhauls and how some games get away with high quality stuff but lowering the poly count is also paint things

[SigmaOZ]

You want to lower polygon count even further!?. I think not, just look at this:

[Jagick]

I think the graphics are fine as is for an MMO, we just need higher resolution textures. Some of this stuff is blocky and pixelated even at a distance.

[Haseno]

A graphic update isn't feasible while the GPU market is heavily inflated in cost due to chip/semi-conductor shortages, and other factors such as monetary system inflation, and competition from crypto. Your average mid-range GPU costs $1000 right now, and this time 3 years ago it would cost half that.

Updating graphics, would turn many players PC's obsolete in a time where GPU acquisition is a more daunting challenge and they'd be pushing their own players out of the game or into a lesser experience.