I think WT and AH are both DX9. WTs graphics engine is from 2008.
Efficient as in, more eye candy for the same PC power. IE so that all of us can run the settings on AH higher.
I guess you guys are happy to settle and watch other games snap up the player base, while Skuzzy PNGs anyone who dares to have a voice that something need to be done?
We draw more vertices, per screen, than WT does. We do not ship 6GB of artwork for our game. We ship 300MB. What we do with out tiny bit of art is far, far better than what WT could do with it. By all engineering definitions, our graphic engine is incredibly efficient. Just because you cannot see something does not mean it is not being rendered. There are times when a single pixel is not small enough to display what is rendered. That is a bit out of our control.
It does no one any good to keep people around here who continually make detrimental remarks about the game or the service. It does not help any one. Quite the opposite. While I am having to deal with these situations, there is a lot of positive contributions, I can make, that are not being done.
You are not helping at all. We know, far better than you will ever know, what we need to do and what we will do. If you want to be a part of that, I strongly suggest you find a way to become a positive contributor to this forum and stop making declarations about things you do not have no knowledge about.
Here is an opinion;
"The terrain graphics could stand some updating."
Here is you;
"The graphic engine is not efficient."
The first statement is accurate. We agree. It really does not hurt us. It is the truth. The last statement is a lie, at best. No matter how many times I have told you there is a difference between a graphic engine and artwork, you continue to belabor a point which has no basis in reality. You continue to promote a fallacy. When you do, we have to stop whatever we are doing and address it. Like it or not, this bulletin board is also a form of advertising. The fallacy could keep away a new customer if we do not address it. It is highly counterproductive. It does nothing to help anything, nor anyone.
We are happy to allow people here who state an opinion, even when it is stating the obvious. We will not tolerate anyone who comes in here and spreads lies about our product and/or service.