Please just give us a non-graphics update option for DT

[Wind-Krysvein]

People on ps4 moaning have no right to really moan when in theory they should have just dropped support by now.

I don't usually go around telling people their opinions are awful, but hot damn that is one bad take right there.

If you were the person suddenly suffering from eye strain so bad that you couldn't play your favorite game anymore, wouldn't you want to try bringing light to the issue so that you wouldn't have to stop playing said game? It's not even about the graphics update itself: something has happened to the game that is literally causing massive amounts of eye strain for people. Old graphics vs new graphics be damned, we just want to be able to play the game again

[CStrife912]

I don't usually go around telling people their opinions are awful, but hot damn that is one bad take right there.

If you were the person suddenly suffering from eye strain so bad that you couldn't play your favorite game anymore, wouldn't you want to try bringing light to the issue so that you wouldn't have to stop playing said game? It's not even about the graphics update itself: something has happened to the game that is literally causing massive amounts of eye strain for people. Old graphics vs new graphics be damned, we just want to be able to play the game again

Problem is you’re not providing evidence to the claim… we don’t know exactly what you’re referring to. I have loads of mates on ps4 having a fine time granted fps wise less so but no comment on eye strain… I’m playing on ps5 and I don’t notice anything of note. Also I can comment that hardware technically that is now almost 10 years old and was dated on release should of probably been dropped by now.. I was hoping dawntrail would have to mark the transition but it seems that wasn’t the case.

[Wind-Krysvein]

Problem is you’re not providing evidence to the claim… we don’t know exactly what you’re referring to. I have loads of mates on ps4 having a fine time granted fps wise less so but no comment on eye strain… I’m playing on ps5 and I don’t notice anything of note. Also I can comment that hardware technically that is now almost 10 years old and was dated on release should of probably been dropped by now.. I was hoping dawntrail would have to mark the transition but it seems that wasn’t the case.

I'm not sure how you did it, but you somehow managed to sound even worse than before.

Are you by any chance a sociopath, or just otherwise incapable of feeling even a shred of remorse for the people (obviously not your PS4 friends) who are quite literally going to be barred from ever playing the game again if this issue goes unfixed?

For even just a freaking second, try thinking about someone other than yourself.

[SongOfTheWind]

Problem is you’re not providing evidence to the claim… we don’t know exactly what you’re referring to. I have loads of mates on ps4 having a fine time granted fps wise less so but no comment on eye strain… I’m playing on ps5 and I don’t notice anything of note. Also I can comment that hardware technically that is now almost 10 years old and was dated on release should of probably been dropped by now.. I was hoping dawntrail would have to mark the transition but it seems that wasn’t the case.

I play on ps5 and the new lightning and glow on everything which you can’t switch off at all especially on consoles - makes it unbearable for me as well.

[Riguel]

If people are having eye strain, they need to adjust their gamma settings as well as bright and contrast settings on their monitor/tv. There is also other graphical settings in game that can help, but that's all there can be done.

As for the graphic update, they aren't going to go back now nor add an option. You guys make it sound like its an easy fix which its not, it shows how ignorant people are to how game development works. You're literally asking them to create a separate engine/update just for you vs the majority. They didn't just pretty up the textures and some models, they literally updated FFXIV's entire engine and graphical rendering systems. What you're asking, is just not feasible in the slightest.

As for me, I'm loving the new graphical update and having no eye strain. It is easy to see there is places, npcs, etc they haven't gotten to but what they have gotten to looks amazing and I'm looking forward to more updates as the later patches happen. It took a little bit of adjusting of my character to get him looking a bit right but that's fine, that's what the fantasia is there for. Which you can pick up in Ul'Dah in the Sapphire Avenue exchange, for those who missed the release notes. I know some people hate change but sometimes you got to roll with it. FFXIV needed this face lift as some assets hadn't been update since 1.0 and they even had to downgrade the engine/rendering system to make ARR in the first place, which made those older assets look even worse than it did in 1.0.

[VessLynn]

I would love to have the option to revert our character model to the old ones. The Hyur Face 1 puffy eyes seriously killed my enthusiasm to continue with the MSQ. Maybe I'm overly dramatic, but every cutscene it's like front and centre and it looks awful.

[Fatty]

They should definitely give us an option to revert the changes. Character look changes should always be optional in MMOs, because people can grow attached to their characters over time. They shouldn't be forcibly altered.

The keyword here is: option. It won't affect people who like their new look.

[4clubbedace]

I've seen this asked several times before on the forums and I can't help but agree. The changes to the faces of our characters are jarring to say the least, and they become even more noticeable when using emotes. Bodies haven't even been changed at all, and they're still the same low-polygon models, at least for middies. Please just give us a non-graphics update option for Dawntrail so we can once again have our characters that we're familiar with and we've grown so accustomed to.

Edit: At least the option to revert certain things like character face models or lighting. Not everything needs to be rolled back.

you know for a fact they wont do that

[AnnRam]

Roleplayers are never happy with anything

[ClaraKitty]

I don't think they should do this. Normally I'm all for options, but this would be very detrimental. Not only is it a spit in the face to the countless hours spent on every detail, it will take away assets that could be worked on something new/better. Also, the game file size would double and a lot would not be able to handle it. My hubby's PC barely handles this and a lot of PS4s barely handle this too.