Anyone Else Getting WOW Cataclysm vibes from SHB?

I know wow is ffxiv biggest competitor. But why do people feel the need to be like. "this expansion is like this wow thing" you are comparing two different fruits

Great community, BTW

I was getting some of them flat Earth map vibes...

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Originally Posted by Camiie

FFXIV: Crisis on Infinite Hydaelyns

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Think the next expansion will take us to The Last or something? A world of eternal darkness overrun with voidsents?

I mean, our equivalent of the Cataclysm already happened. Only it was Bahamut screwing up all the aether and thus changing some landscapes, like the nuclear winter going on in Ceorthas.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

No

FFXIV =/= WoW.
Stop comparing both of these games.

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Ford =/= Chevy, stop comparing these vehicles
Playstation =/= Xbox, stop comparing these consoles
McDonald's =/= Burger King, stop comparing these fast food places

What a silly thing to say... They're both MMOs, what else are we supposed to use as comparison?

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Originally Posted by Taybat

I know wow is ffxiv biggest competitor. But why do people feel the need to be like. "this expansion is like this wow thing" you are comparing two different fruits

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They're both MMOs, they aren't different fruits. It's comparing apples to apples.

@OP
Yes, I'm seeing a quite a few changes that are disturbingly similar to Cata. Most especially the skill/spell pruning they did for ShB.

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Originally Posted by TheUltimate3

Then that's fear mongering. You have nothing to go on but a gut feeling and need to yell it from the roof top (or forum) that you think the sky can come down.

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You keep saying "fear mongering" I don't think you quite grasp what that is. She isn't trying to scare people away from the game. Bringing up concerns about the direction the game is headed is not "fear mongering", so put the dog whistle down.

To be honest I had vibes of The White Frost from The Witcher series, an unstoppable force of white (light here, ice/cold in Witcher) that will envelope everything. But I don't think SE took that from them and I wouldn't say SE took this idea from WoW either since we've had elemental calamities in lore described before WoW Cata. Maybe there was some inspirations, as Yoshida has said he's seen some things he liked, but I doubt it's to any level to give WoW full on credit for.

As long as SE is inspired about things that are cool I'm fine with whatever, like we all know they are greatly inspired by ancient history and at least I love that. Still doubt this expansion was a "oh look at Cata", but it wouldn't bother me if Yoshida did say Cata had some influence.

/shrug lol :)

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Originally Posted by CazzT

Ford =/= Chevy, stop comparing these vehicles
Playstation =/= Xbox, stop comparing these consoles
McDonald's =/= Burger King, stop comparing these fast food places

What a silly thing to say... They're both MMOs, what else are we supposed to use as a comparison?

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I just dont want cursed entitled wow mentality to get into ffxiv.
One should go play wow if he hankers of that game.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

One should go play wow if he hankers of that game.

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Which I don't or I'd be doing that. Also maybe you shouldn't shill for WoW either.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

I just dont want cursed entitled wow mentality to get into ffxiv.

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And what are you the Thought Police? Are you going to enforce a mentality onto everyone in the forum?

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

I just dont want cursed entitled wow mentality to get into ffxiv.
One should go play wow if he hankers of that game.

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The attitude you're displaying is exactly the attitude you find in WoW. You are behaving exactly like the people you don't want in this community.

Being concerned about the direction of the game, seeing it heading in a similar direction that other titles have gone with bad results, does not mean she wants to play that other game. If anything, that tells me they don't like the other game and don't want to play it.

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Originally Posted by CazzT

The attitude you're displaying is exactly the attitude you find in WoW. You are behaving exactly like the people you don't want in this community.

Being concerned about the direction of the game, seeing it heading in a similar direction that other titles have gone with bad results, does not mean she wants to play that other game. If anything, that tells me they don't like the other game and don't want to play it.

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Not even in the slightest. I am very happy of shb and changes it came with in opposite to wow "everything is bad because i said so".
I wasnt referring directly to op, i just cant digest anymore complains including any comparisons to wow. That game is outdated, get over it geez.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

Not even in the slightest. I am very happy of shb and changes it came with in opposite to wow "everything is bad because i said so".
I wasnt referring directly to op, i just cant digest anymore complains including any comparisons to wow. That game is outdated, get over it geez.

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Well, you are welcome to create your own thread about that topic and vent your frustrations there.