Petition To Square Enix Regarding Current Service

[Shioban]

In response to the character models comment;

The rendering engine used for 2.0 is completely different from 1.0.
The lighting/shadows and shaders used in 1.0 created a better illusion that the models were more detailed but at a VERY high performance cost.

2.0 now uses defered rendering which allows for faster and cheaper lighting and shadow casting. Which leaves more 'power' to add in more details elsewhere simply put.

The textures have changed significantly from 1.0 in the fact that the diffuse (the actual texture) bump maps (what creates the illusion that the mod has depth detail) and specular maps (shiny) had parts of the models with less details than the other, to reduce the texture memory impact.
The resolution for these has been lowered offering less detail whilst freeing up memory on the GPU which has been essential in getting 2.0 to work on the PS3 and mid range PCs.


Yoshida already announce a DX11 client update which will improve the lighting and shadow casting, shaders and along with that a high resolution texture pack.

It won't be exactly the same as 1.0, but sadly the systems used to modify/edit/render FFXIV 1.0 were just far too taxing for your average consumer.


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FFXIV 1.0 used a fantastic system of a parametric deformer for gear. Where they would have one gear model which would decimate and collapse on itself depending on what piece if gear was under it. The way this system works seems to have changed in 2.0, and or doesn't exist anymore, probably to save the game from caching and or loading in too many different charachter/gearmodels. The sizing in. 1.0 was great for this reason but at the inevitable cost of performance.


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I feel that something needs to be done to address this issue; that we are experiencing the way it is currently being handled is far too inappropriate, We (the players) when attempting to log in are given endless error codes of; 2002, 1017 leaving it extremely open ended, no closer regarding a chance to actually get in or not.

We need updates on the Twitter/Service status pages, People who work people can't spend 2 hours attempting to log on if the servers are already above capacity so let them know that there is no hope tonight, Otherwise people are going to get extremely upset like I am, I would hate to see this popularity go to waste if the main concern is the inability to actually get on.

Part 3.

Yoshida already answered this, please check the top post on the lodestone and the forum Dev tracker.
They have provided at least 30 updates on the issue so far and their progress with it, provoking further response isn't needed.

However incase you missed out;

- Starting next week new servers for worlds and instances content will go live, with an all worlds maintenance on Wednesday JPN time. This /should/ alleviate the stress from the servers and ease or eliminate the log in restrictions you're facing. At the moment FFXIV is at its playable capacity for connections, to ensure that the people who ARE connected remain online and experience a smooth experience the restrictions will stay until the above mentioned has completed.

[Shae]

1. I like everything about the game, I am only lvl 22 so far, and I know from others the content gets a LOT more challenging later on. I love the game, but I hate the server/log in problems. I hate that I get the message 'Unable to Update the Group NA/UE Characters' When it shows the worlds at the launcher as all being online to me. This is worse than the 1017 error.

2. I expect this is going to get fixed when they do their thing on Wednesday. If it does and log in is smooth after that then I think one week compensation is sufficient, if it isn't then we should be compensated for the amount of time until we are all able to log in without these problems. I would like the launcher to not say that all worlds are online when it can't actually load the server/worlds after I press start, something in the launcher so I don't keep restarting the client trying to log in when there is no hope.

[derKirsche]

1.) Imho the texture resolution on gear is just plain awful. I remember the gear looking much better in v1.0 (obviously I'm talking the PC version here). I'm ok with the amount of graphical fidelity of the environments and the characters themselves, but ... well, already said it.

2.) I would like to see a HiRes Texture Pack asap! I mean, it's not like my rig is a bloody PS3, is it?

3.) Other than that I think the game lost much of it's unique feel but still you guys have done a pretty good job of making it a competitor to other (mainstream) MMOs.

BUT what in the seven hells have you done with the gathering jobs? Where is the minigames? 99 units of X just for one quest? WTF? Srsly?
(only tried miner so far...)

[Vexray]

Quoted- Starting next week new servers for worlds and instances content will go live, with an all worlds maintenance on Wednesday JPN time. This /should/ alleviate the stress from the servers and ease or eliminate the log in restrictions you're facing. At the moment FFXIV is at its playable capacity for connections, to ensure that the people who ARE connected remain online and experience a smooth experience the restrictions will stay until the above mentioned has completed

So basically all the current RMT and botters are able to play whilest we wait and watch the game go under Q_Q

[Shioban]

Quoted- Starting next week new servers for worlds and instances content will go live, with an all worlds maintenance on Wednesday JPN time. This /should/ alleviate the stress from the servers and ease or eliminate the log in restrictions you're facing. At the moment FFXIV is at its playable capacity for connections, to ensure that the people who ARE connected remain online and experience a smooth experience the restrictions will stay until the above mentioned has completed

So basically all the current RMT and botters are able to play whilest we wait and watch the game go under Q_Q

I don't feel that was the case on the Excalibur and Gilgamesh world, but sure if you think so.
Regardless of who it is logged in, they want to make sure that they can at least play, instead of just letting everyone throw themselves in so that the game comes to a stand-still meaning no-one can play.

We'll just have to be patient.

[Shioban]

So basically all the current RMT and botters are able to play whilest we wait and watch the game go under Q_Q

I'm sure there are some RMT's and 'Botters' but not that many.

Regardless of who, I actually think its a good thing that they're restricting it so that the people who are actually online can play the game smoothly.
I know if I were logged in i'd like to be able to at least play the game, these restrictions do that.

We'll just have to be patient ;--; Very....very....patient.

Also to 'Quote' someone like I just did with your post do the following, which you can shorten the quote to whatever you want or even change it! ;

[Usernaim]

My biggest issue with this game is that I had to create a character on malboro when for weeks in advance i planned to join behemoth to play with my friend. I do hope others who suffered this get a free server transfer.

[Meklore]

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You all agreed to this in accepting the TOS. Now get over yourself & feeling of entitlement

[LyleVertigo]

Because everyone knows petitions work. LMAO