My wish list for improvements/features for the game
For a lot of these I suspect now is not too early to be listing for the 2021 expansion, to give devs time to consider and start working towards implementing them.
1) DX12. We had DX9 and 11 overlapped for a while, I think they need to move forward with 11/12 (for PS4/PS5)
2) Spanish localization. Huge market there, why isn't it a reality yet? Do they think that market is less inclined to pay subs compared to, say, the German playerbase?
3) Partner with one of the reputable ping-reducing outfits and make available to Aus/NZ subscribers for free. Many Aussies I know already use one of these services, and the improvements, while minor are some help; and SE doing this would show them some love and attention.
4) Upgrade visual quality/polygons for some ARR NPC armor sets. It's not an ideal 1st impression for new players to be staring at, say, a lvl 5 Wood Wailer whose belt looks like it was crafted by an Opo-opo. I know they can't bring everything up to the quality of some of the more recent armor/glamour, but making a good impression on ppl new to the game is obviously of paramount importance (hence the reason for ARR/ARR+ compression coming in 5.3)
5) Insure the game catalogs what class(es) a character has cleared specific dungeons and raids with and ignore ilvl if they queue for a roulette with an ilvl currently set below the threshold for ones they have done before on that class with that character. Ilvl cheesing will otherwise continue to ruin the game for leveling players who need things like the Ivalice raid series etc.
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6) Add a feature where if player has a pc with abundance of processor cores, you can enable additional coding to improve hair dynamics/reduce clipping. Video drivers are already doing what they can in this regard. The rest of the game doesn't stress CPU's all that much or leverage very many cores. Putting something like cores 5/6 to work on getting hair that properly slides over shields and shoulderpads/etc will help visually, and the processor companies will also likely help and promote as that helps them sell more powerful processors.
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For a lot of these I suspect now is not too early to be listing for the 2021 expansion, to give devs time to consider and start working towards implementing them.
1) DX12. We had DX9 and 11 overlapped for a while, I think they need to move forward with 11/12 (for PS4/PS5)
2) Spanish localization. Huge market there, why isn't it a reality yet? Do they think that market is less inclined to pay subs compared to, say, the German playerbase?
3) Partner with one of the reputable ping-reducing outfits and make available to Aus/NZ subscribers for free. Many Aussies I know already use one of these services, and the improvements, while minor are some help; and SE doing this would show them some love and attention.
4) Upgrade visual quality/polygons for some ARR NPC armor sets. It's not an ideal 1st impression for new players to be staring at, say, a lvl 5 Wood Wailer whose belt looks like it was crafted by an Opo-opo. I know they can't bring everything up to the quality of some of the more recent armor/glamour, but making a good impression on ppl new to the game is obviously of paramount importance (hence the reason for ARR/ARR+ compression coming in 5.3)
5) Insure the game catalogs what class(es) a character has cleared specific dungeons and raids with and ignore ilvl if they queue for a roulette with an ilvl currently set below the threshold for ones they have done before on that class with that character. Ilvl cheesing will otherwise continue to ruin the game for leveling players who need things like the Ivalice raid series etc.
Bonus with list item:
6) Add a feature where if player has a pc with abundance of processor cores, you can enable additional coding to improve hair dynamics/reduce clipping. Video drivers are already doing what they can in this regard. The rest of the game doesn't stress CPU's all that much or leverage very many cores. Putting something like cores 5/6 to work on getting hair that properly slides over shields and shoulderpads/etc will help visually, and the processor companies will also likely help and promote as that helps them sell more powerful processors.
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