Was This Graphical Update Necessary?

[Mr_Gucky]

I don't mind games getting graphics update if it's done correctly but the graphics update in FFXIV Dawntrail is just so bad and it's clearly made in hurry.

Here is few things that is wrong with FFXIV 7.0 graphics update i have noticed so far:

- Lighting reacting incorrectly on certain materials that makes them way too shiny.
- Shadows are completely broken where most shadows looks very boxy and part of the shadow are simply missing, no matter what shadow graphics settings i use.
- New textures in certain old areas makes them look really ugly.
- No ability to turn upscaling off and using AMD FSR with 3D resolution upscaling at 100 makes game look bit soft and 3D resolution upscaling at 99 it makes game look too sharp (note: i can't use Nvidia DLSS when my GTX 980 GPU dosen't support DLSS).


Now about the character model update, it's not only disappointing but it made some players character look worse then in patch 6.0.

I did get bit lucky that my character ended up mostly looking fine in patch 7.0 but there is few things that i simply don't like how things ended up looking on my character in patch 7.0

Things i don't like how my character ended up looking in patch 7.0:
(My character race is Au Ra)

- Eyes looks worse.
- Upper lip way too flat.
- Scalers are way too sharp.
- In certain lighting conditions part of the horns gets odd red glow on them.
- Skin looks bit too doll like.
- Expressions looks really bad.

I agree with you about the look of Au Ra. My character has a completely different look, and this can't be fixed with Fantasia.

[Cookiemami]

I have to agree about the housing. When I enter my house the FPS drops drastically and I can barely move. The lighting difference in the housing is definately seen but the housing items have been downgraded entirely. Glass on chandeliers now look like canvas paper was slapped on it. I have enigma walls up and they are no longer shiney, all of them are dull. I have a gold saucer desk and it was fully downgraded. Looks nothing like the beautiful golden desk in the gold saucer. I posted the before from ffxiv housing site. The update and what it looks like in the gold saucer and the housing item of what we get now. Crayon on paper.