[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Grit]

Is that seriously supposed to be some kind of argument?

Most people won't experience it! Therefore it is Not a problem! O.o;;;;;;;;;

[MonsieurVerde]

Is that seriously supposed to be some kind of argument?

It's a problem, just not a DIRE problem. Which you all seem to be making it out as.

[Grit]

It's a problem, just not a DIRE problem. Which you all seem to be making it out as.

The problem is that the system requirements for running FFXIV smoothly are ridiculous. Most of us already compensated for that by dishing out hundreds of dollars extra to upgrade our PC's, but that's just the problem. FFXIV loses a lot of player base because of the system requirements and inherent FPS lag problems.

Poor optimization and technical problems galore. The rate of application crashes for this game is tremendous, and wide-ranging. A majority of people experience them all of the time.

[MonsieurVerde]

The problem is that the system requirements for running FFXIV smoothly are ridiculous. Most of us already compensated for that by dishing out hundreds of dollars extra to upgrade our PC's, but that's just the problem. FFXIV loses a lot of player base because of the system requirements and inherent FPS lag problems.

Poor optimization and technical problems galore. The rate of application crashes for this game is tremendous, and wide-ranging. A majority of people experience them all of the time.

What FPS problem? And the definition of "Smooth" is rather subjective. You also do not need "Hundreds of DOllars" to play FFXIV. I also never experience random game crashes anymore, unless I turn AA to 8x but that is mostly because I hit the VRAM limit. All most people need is to a shell out for a new Graphics card as any Desktop CPU in the last five years should be able to run it

SE said that a 460 is the RECCOMENDED settings, not OPTIMAL. With a 460 you can play at average settings without being impeded.

[Grit]

SE said that a 460 is the RECCOMENDED settings, not OPTIMAL. With a 460 you can play at average settings without being impeded.

* The highest recommended specifications for any PC game in history.

[MonsieurVerde]

* The highest recommended specifications for any PC game in history.

Because most PC games are Console ports....and single player with a set amount of assets.

[Aistaraina]

* The highest recommended specifications for any PC game in history.

Does that matter? All that means is SE is saying, want the game to look pretty, have a good rig. This game is playable on complete pieces of crap. I run it on my laptop which is a hair under minimum specifications.

1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
3GB RAM

[Grit]

Does that matter? All that means is SE is saying, want the game to look pretty, have a good rig. This game is playable on complete pieces of crap. I run it on my laptop which is a hair under minimum specifications.

1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
3GB RAM

The minimum specifications are indeed just as important as the recommended specifications. And those are also one of the highest of games on the market.

The GTX 460 released less than 2 years ago. So FFXIV was developed in such a way that someone with a PC over 2 years old wouldn't be able to run the game smoothly at default settings. And that is a problem when you're trying to establish a strong player base.

:Edit:

Actually, since FFXIV was released in September, anyone with a graphics card over 1 year old wouldn't meet recommended requirements. Recommended requirements equating to smooth gameplay at default settings.

[Elkwood]

It's a problem, just not a DIRE problem. Which you all seem to be making it out as.

Who made this out to be a DIRE issue, I simply requested SE to allocate resources to making the PC client function as it should. For all we know it could be a simple design flaw that SE can resolve in under 30 days. The PC client should be designed for the PC and the PS3 client should be designed for PS3, I am not sure if cross developing 2 clients hindered the development of the PC version of the game, But I can tell you that the game performs far less than what it should based on my Hardware; this game should be perfectly flawless on SLI, and Tri-SLI fully capable of AO, 8X AA etc but for some odd reason it just is not, even running Dual GTX 580 cards. I shutter to think how poor this game performs on ATI 6990 and GTX 590 cards.

Especially considering SE states in order to run everything in full Optimal Video card is a GTX 460...