What do WoW veterans think of XIV and how do you think it could be improved?

This is coming from a person who played WoW but only for 3 months because the story and the world did not interest me.

How about you answer you own questions? 3 months is long enough to form an opinion in what your asking.

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This game copies far too many elements from WoW - weekly raid lockouts, time gating, daily content, justice/valor points (along with weekly cap), vertical patch progression making old gear useless...

That's my problem with it.

I feel like WoW is a better game. It has more options for gearing, more options for raiding, more options for 'vanity' and non raiding content. The reason I don't play it anymore is just cause I'm tired of that game. Not to say I dislike FF14, I like it, but I do feel it's a rather mediocre game. My FC is the only reason I'm still playing. I like the people and I like doing things with them. As far as improvements...

Incorporation of crafting gear into endgame content
More interesting raid mechanics, no more titan-like fights
I really hated WoW's LFR system, but I loved the FLEX system, would like that here
I've gotten use to the slower GCD, but I still don't like it, prefer faster
Options for gear progression
No raid lockouts
Less rehashing of the same bosses
The areas are so tiny, wish they were larger and filled with actual threats
Atma/animus/nova weapon is suppose to be epic (or is it)....it's very much the opposite

Also, this thread isn't going to end well.

So people think WoW is better because it has more content... Do people just forget that this game has been out for not even 9 months while WoW has been out for >10 years?

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Originally Posted by Nghthawk

How about you answer you own questions? 3 months is long enough to form an opinion in what your asking.

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I played the game very casually so no I only got to lvl 40. Also Veterans have played a lot longer and experienced a lot more content.

FFXIV: ARR Had two jobs, Redeem the failure that was FFXIV 1.0, and to make Square Enix money.

Yoshi has accomplished both.

Elements have been copied from wow, because? Shocker. they work. they sell. Its makes Money.

Is it a dying Breed? The MMO Style the Famed "WoW-Style MMO"? Probably. but as of This Moment it is making money.

Can the Direction of FFXIV: ARR change in the future? Yes it can. The game doesn't even have an Expansion out yet, Give the game time. It will get better.

Please Look Forward to It.

-Larger Zones (PS3 currently can't render large volumes of topology/textures this may be an issue)

-Larger Scale PvP Zones/Players (Battlegrounds)

-Multiple scales of difficulty for RAIDS. Having a 'Standard' then an 'Enhanced' BCOB would be very interesting.

-A world that's actually dangerous in some places. FFXIV 1.23 and FFXI did this rather well.

how to improve XIV... stop copying every concept from WoW.

IT is what is holding this game way back atm.