Just bought an SSD

[kazaran]

THe write times I SSD's have increased. THe chip reliability has increased. Some will still out last your regular spinning drives. Just don't go too cheap.

even having a 64gig as a cache drive for most used programs helps a lot. IF you will primarily play XIV, windows is going to store textures and game data on the SSD speeding loads. The only time it will over write is when patches change data completely.

One thing I will say is, the new engine, is vastly improved. Even without a solid state drive on a laptop, that old stutter is gone. Load times are not long at all, and they are pre timed anyway between zones to balance it between systems.

Trust in them. Most players will be just fine and very happy.

A SSD won't hurt even with a fast engine. Especially in a laptop. It is less strain on the laptop. IF you USe Windows 7 or 8, you don't have to move the os to it. The newer cache setup is going to utilize it well (be sure to set it if you are adding the drive after initial setup).

THe more people use SSD, the more popular it becomes, the sooner prices will plumet. Eventually they will replace regular drives. THey have new chip designs coming out that are much more efficient then older SSD's.