New Screenshots from E3

[Fear]

You guys notice in the pic where the drg is fighting the cat the WHM is casting "Cure 2"

I did say ages ago that tiered spells may make a come back but no one belived me :P

[Skies]

You guys notice in the pic where the drg is fighting the cat the WHM is casting "Cure 2"

It is also a L46 Dragoon using Dragonfire Dive.
I'm going to go with: Either they're running this on debug mode to properly demonstrate or there will be bigger changes down the road

[Hulan]

OMG, did anyone notice the CP bar on the DoL? Crafting/Gathering specific mechanic?

[Anikal]

My body was simply not ready for this

[Goufunaki]

These look great! I can't wait!

[Dantares]

Jesous christ.... looks insane!!!!

[Dragonheart]

Ok guys leave the hype for a sec. , the restyling itself looks amazing, but i really hope this is PS3 version, technically (texture res, etc.) are downgraded ... It looks too rough ... Hmmm what do you think?

[Fear]

Ok guys leave the hype for a sec. , the restyling itself looks amazing, but i really hope this is PS3 version, technically (texture res, etc.) are downgraded ... It looks too rough ... Hmmm what do you think?

I doubt they'll have max. settings. With the current version screenshots they take them on "Standard" settings.

[Skies]

I doubt they'll have max. settings. With the current version screenshots they take them on "Standard" settings.

During the whole AF screenshot debacle didn't the devteam mention that they production machines are actually weaker than the machines they make the game for?

[Hulan]

Ok guys leave the hype for a sec. , the restyling itself looks amazing, but i really hope this is PS3 version, technically (texture res, etc.) are downgraded ... It looks too rough ... Hmmm what do you think?

I think it's fair to assume those are the actual textures. The new engine had to sacrifice something. You can't have spectacular everything, even on the most optimized engine in the world. Even the Cryengine has some real-time lighting issues. Not to mention, MMOs have a rougher time since they can't benefit from batching as much as other games (every dynamic object gets draw separately). The real-time lighting looks superb and the textures are par or slightly above par. If I was to complain about anything, the models are lower poly than the 1.0 models and the anti-aliasing looks lower.

Honestly, I don't think we can expect much better than those screenshots, and I personally thing that's fine. Things look pretty damn beautiful for an MMO already.