Grass

[GavenBylander]

You picked a horrible grass shot lol

But actually I think it makes good example here if you had transparent short grass it would blend in nicely - its actually similar to the first page I have that third image with the grass is fairly short and blends in.

OMG that went wayyyyyy over his head.....

I purposefully picked the shot I did because Cedri used the "Life" card lol

Most grass pics on google are enhanced to look prettier by manipulating the color to look more vibrant.

He doesn't get it... Vil don't explain it...Let it marinate.

[Shougun]

OMG that went wayyyyyy over his head.....



He doesn't get it... Vil don't explain it...Let it marinate.

Actually I dont think you get it. Vil isnt aganist this grass thread (neither do I think he made his point for it, If I can say - Id say he his happily riding on the fence lol)

I purposefully picked the shot I did because Cedri used the "Life" card lol

Most grass pics on google are enhanced to look prettier by manipulating the color to look more vibrant.

Its a good example :P, though fantasy games will obviously be picking the prettier grass on average.

But again its a good example where having a shorter bladed transparent grass would give the 3d immersion (2d grass textures alone dont cut imo) while still maintaining that muddy patchy feeling in that photo. (that slightly transparent effect being one of the things I was mentioning to help)

The grass does kinda suck. The game as a whole though looks so much better than 1.0 i'm wondering if i'll need a new graphics card... to play on max settings. I was at max everything but 8/10 draw detail on 1.0

While there may be an NDA.. bla bla something something Yoshida and others have ensured us that what we used to run on 1.0 will run much smoother on 2.0

And their graphics programmer asked permission to let the system go beyond for the higher powered systems. I'm hoping in the graphics update or something they try and break our computers lol

[GavenBylander]

Actually I dont think you get it. Vil isnt aganist this grass thread (neither do I think he made his point for it, If I can say - Id say he his happily riding on the fence lol)

Yeah about your "grass" thread... You do realize that the images you posted were from Alpha (I know you know that much) and Alpha (By SEs own admission) was not meant to to show the visual range of the game, while your comparing grass... TBH you could have found a lot of games better than the one you posted to compare the grass visuals... Not many games can run toe to toe with SE when it comes to visuals. I think its nit picking at a non issue as well as a non existent issue. If a company tells you before hand "HEY THIS IS NOT MEANT FOR CONTENT, VISUALS, OVERALL MECHANICS, ETC. THIS IS MEANT TO STRESS TEST THE ENGINES, SERVER CAPACITY AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY." I wouldn't be so quick to make posted about the very things they said were not implemented... Its like asking about "Frontlines" before alpha is even released but hey to each there own... I'm sure this won't be the last post from a person who didn't read anything just saw something and decided to make a thread over a topic that has already been beat into the ground... Real question is when will the "I want XI back" threads start back up....

[Shioban]

Can't find who I was quoting, sorry!

Actually, sorry to say it but...

An Alpha stage is usually a graphics/stress test for an MMO. Its the perfect opportunity to test these sort of things, this is a standard in MMO development

Alpha is the stage when key gameplay functionality is implemented, and assets are partially finished.[138] A game in alpha is feature complete, that is, game is playable and contains all the major features.[139] These features may be further revised based on testing and feedback.[138] Additional small, new features may be added, similarly planned, but unimplemented features may be dropped.[139] Programmers focus mainly on finishing the codebase, rather than implementing additions.[137] Alpha occurs eight to ten months before code release.[138]"

Please tell me you've seen some videos of the Alpha so far? It fits this description.

For FFXIV:ARR they requested feedback not only on gameplay but also; Graphics, Sound, Stress-Tests.

HOWEVER, every developer is different, some may only want to focus on testing server loads, some may wish to have an Alpha that is pretty much border-line BETA standard as was the illusion for ARR's Alpha.

[Shougun]

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I'm not sure what your point is. This is neither the alpha or beta forums (all our threads on game balance are also just bored speculation threads because beta has been promised to have lots of changes) - we havent seen beta yet and I've already said that.

I though I made that clear in the OP ("if its changed in beta or Yoshida said it will happen, I wont bring it up"). Also I've seen every piece of information on ARR, every piece.