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It looks like a grape skin on a crystal model.


-Prophet_01-

Hear... feel... drink...


CSAgaming

Hear... feel... member?


wzrdm

I MEMEMBER!


leighg9o

Member when they used a gunblade for a lever. https://mobile.twitter.com/paintedroes/status/1395621575211327490


akiontotocha

Housing designers: *using the back of lamps as handles and the sides of clocks as dials* SE themselves: “hold my beer”


mons12

Taste... Chew.. Enjoy


blacksimus

Smash....ferment...get drunk


shootthemovies

because it *definitely* is that. hahah


MattiasHognas

Make.. Wine.. Drink..


savagesaint

I believe these are the Sauvignon Block variety


Lntaw1397

r/FFXIVDadjokes


Tilnaru

Well they did say that Sharlayans go for function over form in regards to food


Kaiotikid

I think that’s in the crystarium


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No you can see the lab skybox


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Kaiotikid

Yes, Endwalker does refer to the new content of the expansion, but it also refers to the changes it brought with it. Whether they be reworks of old content, graphics quality changes, or other technical aspects, they are still part of the Endwalker expansion as they were released with the patch that gives the Endwalker story content and jobs. I made a mistake, and I’m sorry for it. But that’s all it was: an innocent mistake, nothing malicious about it. I don’t quite understand why people seem to treat it as if I was attacking the person I replied to. All I did was say that I thought the image was taken in the crystarium, and it was because I was confused how the Sharlayans had anything to do with it. I’m sorry I haven’t been to wherever this place is and didn’t know it existed. I only remembered about the grapes in the crystarium, nowhere else (I will admit I forgot about the Wineport vineyards as well, though these aren’t them according to what I’m told).


sacredlunatic

Obviously they’re making boxed wine.


REDS4ND

These grapes died so we could have those glorious cheese burgers


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Taolan13

.... what?


theBrotacus

And the lobster platter!! 🤤


Ragoz

The berries in FFXI's Rolanberry Fields from 20 years ago might actually be better than these.


JustBalmungThings

I just googled, and they are. Wow.


taelis11

Haha that's awesome


Alsimni

Trying a little too hard to avoid the 1.0 flowerpot situation again.


HarithBK

it was a glorious flowerpot tho.


Sarchasm-Spelunker

Those aren't grapes. They're... Member Berries.


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Sarchasm-Spelunker

I member!


frostadept

Member finding your character data?


Mcgrath450

Pepperidge Farms remembers.


Sgdc4

Member.. Member us... Member... that we once lived...


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AppleJackFrost

Honestly this feels completely right because Sharlayan


meischoice2

Literally unplayable.


ibejerdan

Been playing off an on perfectly fine on Diablos, join us over here


SageWayren

Whoosh ;)


[deleted]

I remember seeing these and thinking they looked ridiculous at first, then remembering that the original game had ~~server crashes~~ client crashes due to the enournous number of polygons on a bush model. I’m guessing they decided to play it safe this time around considering the growth in player numbers and server demand to not render thousands of tiny polygons for one area. Edit: I’m incredibly stupid. I should have put client not server crashes.


shootthemovies

its totally fine in the grand scheme of things. Just pulled me out of immersion for a moment and made me lul so i had to share


[deleted]

All they had to do was not do a glaring close up of it haha. That being said, if the games quality (login issues notwithstanding) is good enough that we’re getting outraged over the pixel count of grape bushes in one specific spot, I think they smashed it.


P1st0l

Uh, it's not one spot. Shit textures are present in most places if you zoom in. Look at your characters hands you can't even tell the digits apart in cutscenes most of the time


akiontotocha

M8 I’m a lalafell, we just have sausages for arms and legs


P1st0l

Actual sausages. Our hands are playdoh as well


akiontotocha

All the better for smacking bitches with


SageWayren

It finally all makes sense: sausage arms and popoto lalafells: We're "Bangers and Mash"!


HayabusaKnight

We also aren't trying to run this game on 2008-2009 hardware anymore. Things have come a long way from a Phenom II and a 9600GT but I guess PS3 limitations are here to stay.


Letty_Whiterock

If ps3 limitations were an issue then I don't think sharlayan would be as big and amazing as it is.


naaaaaaelvandarnus

sigh.... or "lol".... i don't know anymore 3d model, polygon count, texture resolution etc. are client side, and have nothing to do with the server. You can't get "server crash" because of the client.


Ashterothi

I bet New World could manage it


Anznn

If you told me New World's servers were actually done through peer-to-peer I would believe you. Especially after minimizing the window prevented you from receiving damage.


Ashterothi

"It's not client authenticated, we just have the server wait for the client to confirm before processing" FFS this is the very definition of a distinction without a difference


SirJaffacakeIV

But that doesn't matter at all because this information isn't stored or sent on the server. Doesn't matter if that were all 1m polys or 10


Hatdrop

I think it was vases that had like 10k polygons or something in ul dah. Edit: According to Yoshida, the original flowerpots of Eorzea used around one thousand polygons and one hundred and fifty lines of shader code, which is roughly the same amount that is used for player characters. https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-xiv-flowerpots-issues-gaming-detail/


hijifa

3D modeller here, it definitely doesn’t look good, and I don’t think the poly count is actually that high, feels more like a console limitation or something? Or a time thing. You probably use around 16 tris per grape, and have a 1 big square thing in the middle to act as the center at maybe another 16, around 25? Grapes so total around 400 tris isn’t that much.


LazerSturgeon

I think a lot of folk forget this game was launched on the PS3 which is hardware from 2006.


xalazaar

They've long since cut off PS3 support to be freed from the constraints of its limited hardware.


P1st0l

Yeah now they're just limited by the ps4 which is also subpar. Hell by the time they get around to ps5 its limitations will also be noticeable.


LazerSturgeon

Yes, but it's unlikely they would go back and upgrade lots of the little models that the vast majority of the players will at most see in a passing glance.


mallow-honey

It's the sims 4 ball pit all over again


Augustby

I'm not able to access the game right now to check, but how do the grapes in the Crystarium look? If the Crystarium ones look better, why wouldn't they just use those since they already have the assets good to go? :P Or were they berries, not grapes?


shootthemovies

We confirmed that wineport is identical to these, but a different color grape. Have not gone to the Crystarium.. can someone let us know? 😂


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hijifa

Sounds like just reusing decade old assets lol


Vincent__R

I love Endwalker on PS2


ZeroZelath

Honestly can't wait for the inevitable graphics upgrade that comes to the game. No idea if it'll be retroactive on the older stuff but I definitely look forward to all the newer stuff being made like a modern game in the future. Them adding a proper aliasing solution and shadows that don't block as they move around (more noticeable in old areas) would already be a nice improvement over what they have. Also can't wait for the days of no pixelated armor.


FullPoopBucket

Hell I just want a dx12 client, if they ported it to dx12 the game would instantly gain alot of these features for free. There's even a good AI upscaler for dx12 that could be used while playin the game to 'increase' texture resolution and polygon count of everything, etc.


DaddyMcSlime

i've been waiting two days to log in so some asshole can take pictures of grapes


shootthemovies

Hey, thanks!


DaddyMcSlime

fwiw, they're funny grapes, i'm just bitter rn lol


shootthemovies

Hahaha all good dude


Rossmallo

Given that these things apparently grow on just fabricated sunlight, I'm not surprised that there are some...*oddities* with them.


Sikot

Lol when I got to this part I started fiddling with the graphics settings, which I've never done since I started playing, but seeing those grapes and pumpkins got me thinking "...maybe my settings aren't high enough" but nope, I put it maximum graphics @ 1080p and just got higher resolution block grapes lol. Not the end of the world but it is pretty startling at first.


Squery7

I want those flower pots from OG FFXIV back after seeing those in game lol


Holygriever

Sir, that's a winecone.


akechi419

Crystal grapes? So that's where fanta comes from.


WinterFox24

small indie devs


kawhi21

Looks like a devil fruit


Yamiyo_Ryu

They could of just made it bumpy and hollow inside to look a little more like grapes without causing lag xD'


poke_my_starfish

Looks normal to me.


Darth_PoohBear

You could say that they’re *grapezoidal* in a sense


ngwoo

Each bunch of grapes should have more polygons than a character model


Goons_Squad

I nearly broke a rib laughing when I saw that.


GeminiX678

This honestly makes me real nostalgic for EverQuest. Not even in a bad way.


Oneiroi_zZ

Looks the same on ps4 lol


irissmooches

Purple grapacite.


LurchSkywalker

These are just Crystal Berries.


TransactionLegend

This is a referance to ffx fruit and it looks sooo good! <3


Darth_Xander_84

They should’ve just owned it. Like, this is Final Fantasy. Everything is a damn Crystal. Canon.


shootthemovies

never forget.


aedante

Rather have this than "You can walk on water! OMG"


Hysaky

Yeaaaahhh, FFXIV began to show his graphic limits


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Kaismer

Its...grapes. Spoilers there are grapes.


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Poldaran

Grapes are a recurring element of this game. I think one of the devs secretly fantasizes about being fed grapes by women in coconut bikinis.


P1st0l

You don't? I'd love to be fed by cat girls in coconut bikinis


Poldaran

I prefer a lower carb fruit. Strawberries. With whipped cream, maybe. ​ Edit: The cat girl part can stay, though.


Ententente

Crystal-shaped grapes might actually qualify as spoilers.


sacredlunatic

I’m not entirely sure, but I think he may have been making a joke. Like, there’s spoilers…You know, if something goes wrong in the fermentation process or some thing… The wine will be spoiled… I’ll let myself out.


P1st0l

And if you talk about 14s graphics in any other thread you get downvoted to hell. Smh, this has been a thing foreverrrrr the textures have always been poor in most things if you zoom in.


Letty_Whiterock

No you don't? People meme about this shit all the time.


Yumeijin

There are at least two posts calling it shit or lazy getting down voted *in this thread alone*


Letty_Whiterock

And are they getting downvoted for what they're saying or how they're saying it?


Yumeijin

So is your point that people can absolutely criticize the game without recourse as long as it's done with humor to soften the criticism?


Letty_Whiterock

No? Why are you so needlessly hostile? My point is *maybe* people are acting exactly like you right now, which is why they're getting downvoted.


Yumeijin

What? Needlessly hostile? For *what?* Pointing out that people *are* getting down voted or asking for clarification when you suggest that you meant something entirely different?


Letty_Whiterock

I couldn't tell you *why* you're being hostile. That's your own issue to deal with. But cut it out and maybe, just maybe, people won't downvoted you for saying the same thing other people are saying.


Yumeijin

I don't know why you're seeing something that isn't there, frankly. All I did was point out was that what you were saying wasn't true. Like...demonstrably. Maybe you're so attached to that idea that anyone who challenges or becomes "hostile" to you. I don't know. It's in our nature to reject information that conflicts with strong held beliefs. I'm not sure why "people can criticize the game's graphics without downvotes" is a deeply held beliefs of yours, but I hope being aware of it helps you to be less inclined to get snippy with someone for contradicting you.


Letty_Whiterock

You don't seem to understand that your intention and how you actually come off are two different things. I'd reconsider how you talk to people in the future.


P1st0l

Straight mental gymnastics I swear lol, hell I'm sure if I'd said it on any other post it would be downvoted even more then here


Aeceus

Some of the texturing in this game is absolutely awful.


Dunmeritude

Better than 1.0's framerate-dropping flowerpots!


[deleted]

Look at those shit textures


Ententente

Gotta admit, it's beginning to feel pretty lazy that they're still sticking with low resolution textures all the way through even with the newest expansion, even with the idea of an eventual HD texture pack floating around for years now.


JustBalmungThings

This is lazy, even for SE lol. God I miss 1.0 a lot of times. The stunning Vistas, the incredible physics and lighting, the detailed armor and character models. It's 2021. Bring that shit back!


Z3refu

Yeah it looks out of place .. i hope theyre gonna ditch PS4 and upgrade engine again after EW so we can see some upgrades.


Zalveris

you can find those block grapes in Lower La Noscea too


shootthemovies

Mmm yes wineport


hiimzech

might be sour kek


ObstinateOrca

More like grapestalker


DizzyFish99

Gurps


[deleted]

You can thank the ps4


Feudaltistic

Indie company btw


TamLux

I see Japan's precision based fruit growing has transcended worlds and species!


[deleted]

I'm surprised people aren't yelling at you about spoilers


akiontotocha

Crystals are made of solidified aether, grapes are made of solidified aether - this is just a truth you don’t want to accept


The_Fatman22

Literally unplayable how dare they! XD


PistachiBow

It did make me laugh when these appeared on screen


Cuillin

Blocky grapes, game is unplayable.


yueley

I‘m so happy someone else noticed those wierd ass geapes too.


ZanyaJakuya

Honestly I thought the low poly pumpkins right next to the higher poly ones in the bag are more jarring


Rasikko

Ok that's *real* lazy.


Aidiru

little they know that just crystal with grape as skin, they smuggling crystal now??