Comments from the Devs

[Thiefami]

I hope they release the new patch soon D: And I think a big mistake were the high requirements. Many people played ffxi on "old" pcs, xbox 360 or even ps2, not everyone has a "good/new" pc and they wont buy a new pc for ffxiv. Would it not have been possible to give a option to set the graphics down to something like ffxi (lol) for older pc and the nice hq graphics for the people with newer pc? Well idk if that would help but i know many people who would buy ffxiv even if it sucks just to test it if their pc could run it

I completely agree. They alienated a lot of players when all they had to do was offer a graphically inferior version as an alternative. Hell, they could have just made digital dl to cut out distribution issues. The crap wasn't done. They shouldve held off for a ps3/pc simultaneous release, but the game wouldve still been hurting. Although I couldn't see it then (first couple months I played) I can see how disasterous the game is now. I have no doubts if they would have waited though they still wouldve released an unfinished game lol.

[Lucavi]

The graphics are pretty, but your problems stem more from poor optimization of resources than simply a powerful engine. The game still isn't optimized well, although its gotten better.

[Hyan]

The engine needs to be better optimized, but I don't agree that making the game for high-end PC's was a bad move. Not every potential player needs to start playing right from the beginning.

As long as they don't make most of the content they add useless by replacing it I'd say they (SE) are going to benefit more from players joining the game down the road than those who join at the release, clearing the available content in a short period of time and then quitting/taking a break.

If their objective is to make a game that lasts for a decade, instead of a few months until the next big thing that is. Easier said than done, but the profit is gewd when it works out.

[Egon]

Why must you make a big deal out of this? Here are 3 crappy pics. Spoiler for huge like xbox.

Spoiler: show

[Egon]

How long are you going to keep using that avatar? It ruins my day every time I see it and I don't even know what the fuck it is.

And I will use it until I get banned for good.

[Amastacia]

I'll jump on the "CF/SLI is amazing for FFXIV" bus.

1680x1050 windowed with 2xAA, standard texture settings, standard shadows, no AO, no DoF, and high/highest for effects and filtering brought a single 5870 to its knees.

With a pair in CF, running fullscreen (through Steam to keep chat and browser capability), can do 1920x1200, 4xAA, and not use more than 50-60% of both cards. Of course turning up texture settings to max or enabling AO still does immediately exhaust all VRAM, but hey.

[Egon]

Well I never said it was amazing, but it does work much better than 10%.

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[Lordender]

German rep posted:

"I've got new information that I want to serve as a desert for your lunch. The question came up, if there is gonna be some kind of "reservation system" for the instanced dungeons. After several discussions the Dev Team decided against one. So it will be "First come..."

Anyone want to speculate?

[Grey Jorildyn]

Oh god I am just gonna close my eyes and pretend that doesn't mean what I think it means.

[XalienLevi]

Are you fucking kidding me. I'm done.

[Corrderio]

German rep posted:

"I've got new information that I want to serve as a desert for your lunch. The question came up, if there is gonna be some kind of "reservation system" for the instanced dungeons. After several discussions the Dev Team decided against one. So it will be "First come..."

Anyone want to speculate?

Please for the love of god say we don't have another Dynamis/Limbus situation on our hand....

[Groovebox]

German rep posted:

"I've got new information that I want to serve as a desert for your lunch. The question came up, if there is gonna be some kind of "reservation system" for the instanced dungeons. After several discussions the Dev Team decided against one. So it will be "First come..."

Anyone want to speculate?

I really can't believe this. Oh, the stupidity...

[miokomioko]

Please for the love of god say we don't have another Dynamis/Limbus situation on our hand....

It's instanced. It's going to be a Japanese-primetime Nyzul Isle situation if anything.

[Niiro]

If there's enough instances there's no need for reservations.

I'm sure the 3 they implement will be enough.

[Cichy]

If there's enough instances there's no need for reservations.

I'm sure the 3 they implement will be enough.

They implementing 2

[Niiro]

I meant the number of instances per dungeon.

Spoiler: show

and was being sarcast.. nevermind

[Celeras]

With a pair in CF, running fullscreen (through Steam to keep chat and browser capability), can do 1920x1200, 4xAA, and not use more than 50-60% of both cards. .

You realize that's not a good thing right? It's largely the problem with single cards as well, most noticeable around crowded crystals. As FPS drops, so does your GPU usage... which shouldn't happen.

[Egon]

You realize that's not a good thing right? It's largely the problem with single cards as well, most noticeable around crowded crystals. As FPS drops, so does your GPU usage... which shouldn't happen.

My GPU usage changes, but not much. My FPS is almost always at 60, so it shouldn't change much.

[xopher]

My GPU usage changes, but not much. My FPS is almost always at 60, so it shouldn't change much.

explain how you got CF running on XIV then because i've tried a ridiculous number of hacks and i can never get it working.

[Jojimbo]

Mine has been working all the time without anything special, a recent driver/profile has made it so the GPUs don't get limited to <50% while in CF as well.

What do you mean by not working exactly? Is the 2nd GPU not being used at all (same as just using windowed mode) or is there just no performance increase.