Was This Graphical Update Necessary?

[keichirou]

From their comment, it seems like they believe the graphics are a net positive and that they'd rather have the changes than not.

Feel free to voice your discontent, but personal attacks are super uncalled for and people aren't shills just because they disagree with you.

both issues are tied , people who like the change, people who hate the change and people who adapt....the latter being the most important, the more people of that specific circle exist the more empowered companies feel they the their mindset in " ohhh customers will like it eventually " this is a paid service remember that could care less if people agree or disagree with that sentiment.

Unlike other stuff people actually should be mad about.

This ain't something you should be Chipping In, A Like Supreme.

read above , save some bytes , didnt know i had limitations on what i should say...sorry boss lol

[grinkdaboy]

yes, mods that increase the graphical fidelity of characters from their bodies, faces, hair, and other things are the most popular. count how many downloads there are for hair and face defined as well as the various hi-def body mods available (thebody, the countless female body mods)

[GTK0HLK]

both issues are tied , people who like the change, people who hate the change and people who adapt....the latter being the most important, the more people of that specific circle exist the more empowered companies feel they the their mindset in " ohhh customers will like it eventually " this is a paid service remember that could care less if people agree or disagree with that sentiment.



read above , save some bytes , didnt know i had limitations on what i should say...sorry boss lol

Confusing the Ability to say(Speak/Speech), and all that.(with other things.)

Just like the one person in the other thread who was on about "The Promise", they Got lost on the fake tree, and never noticed the Jungle.
(Whether it's a living one or not is a different topic)

Me personally, I wish the game had better offerings for those who wished to "Play Again" on a different "Profile"(Alt). [Let alone talk about the cash shop]

Don't really get where the other person got the
Attacks thing from.
But I can understand how some people feel we talk about them, when we start speaking about much more wide things.

One thing for sure, this community has it less egregious than other places.
[As much as the promise person believes. "It's not ready to burn", it already had tbh.]

But hey, who knows what will happen, they hope for 10 more years.

[Arkdra]

this is the type of mentality corporations and greedy companies love...conformism....customers just lowering their heads and accepting the new reality instead of actually showing some guts..

Lol how do you say something like this with a straight face on a video game forum? My catgirls face getting puffier cheeks, weirdly larger eyes at slightly unwelcome angles, and losing her fangs doesn't even rate in like the top 1000 things I should maybe take a brave stand on with regards to a corporation. Get some perspective.

[Larirawiel]

this is the type of mentality corporations and greedy companies love...conformism....customers just lowering their heads and accepting the new reality instead of actually showing some guts..

I guess, they looked at the download counters of various character altering mods and then decided to improve the graphics. And streamers like Asmongold also said, that the FF14 visuals are very bad. The demand for improvement is there.




Cheers

[Adeacia]

I enjoyed laughing at how bad things looked if you zoomed in. Worked best in cutscenes.

Most of the time in games, stuff isn't meant to be looked at so zoomed in, but when the game itself does it, it's just funny.

I thought my character looked fine in the benchmark. I didn't super zoom in and look at every possible detail like a lot of others are doing though because I don't care about such detail.

Been really looking forward to the graphics update. I plan to start making videos about the game after Dawntrails launch.

[Somnolence]

From their comment, it seems like they believe the graphics are a net positive and that they'd rather have the changes than not.

It is because catgirls are not as affected. For the record, I think mine still looks good - because I made her so cute the upgrade was powerless to ruin her

[hunter2]

It's not just an update for the current community but a really important step for future-proofing the game and making it appeal to new players. As the graphics become increasingly dated it's harder to attract new people to come try the game. And such a big investment in the future game projects confidence that it will continue to thrive and be supported in the future which is very important for the image of a live-service product.

[Naple]

The graphics update wasn't for us currently subscribing players. It's for the newcomers that are turned off by 2 generation old graphics.

[Kaurhz]

It was yes. It was absolutely necessary.

Is it in the state where it needs to be? Nope, I would hope it's not their intended final with how extensive some of the issues have been, and that they only wanted to give people a means of testing their character.

Personally, I think it is long overdue, and that there just needs to be an adjustment period for all of the changes. Even with already existing stuff. Swapping from Hyur to Miqo'te many years ago, had to get used to their extremely long necks. Just as I had to get used to the incredibly pointy chin with my Raen. -- With the changes and how extensive they are, it simply won't please everyone, for various reasons. I had problems initially, but I've started to get more accustomed and actually preferring my newer Au Ras post-DT changes when going through the benchmark on loop.

If they want this game to follow through for another 10 years, then yes, they absolutely did need this update.