Why do you guys like this game more than WoW (assuming you do)? Just curious...thanx

Why do you guys like this game more than WoW (assuming you do)? Just curious...thanx

i cant buy my class

Better graphics.
It's Final Fantasy.
I didn't forget how to DRG/PLD during the 1.x>2.0 downtime. I forgot how to WoW after a week of 2.0 being up.
More friends here.
Better company legacy.
PvP only in two areas versus anytime you set foot in the wrong city or touch the wrong person.

I didn't play WoW for long, but I can certainly say the general maturity level in WoW is MUCH lower than FFXIV's, and XIV can have se horribly childish people as it is lol. I also feel like the game as a whole is smoother. There are aspects I like about WoW, but nothing that would keep me playing it.

Better atmosphere.
And...
Yeah.

The atmosphere is more relaxed, for one. It's 'allowed' to not be a hardcore raider. World PVP isn't something everyone thinks is teh awesomez. In fact there is none.

Oh. And next expansion introduces flying mounts, whereas WoW is taking them away in the next expansion's content. Food for thought.

The player base isn't separated by those who raid and those who don't giving equal gearing opportunities to everyone. Also class balancing is better here versus leaving something broken for months or having a Flavor of the Month class.

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Originally Posted by Slick

Why do you guys like this game more than WoW (assuming you do)? Just curious...thanx

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Aesthetic choices, some would say that its graphics but its honestly even if Blizzard used a more modern engine the whole visual choice turn me off. The majority of male races are hideous for player options but in explicably have npc options(thin humans for example) that they don't feel are worth giving players.

I prefer updates that happen more than once "whenever"

Finally I find the story entertaining and enjoyable here, while WoW has moved into incoherent attempt to repeat the same damned arc over and over.

I played WoW til lvl 46 and stopped. I was waiting for ARR to release last year and I figured WoW would keep me busy til FFXIV re-launch.

It didn't.

I hit lvl 46 a month before ARR released and canceled my sub. The WoW community and cartoon graphics were unbearable.

It's hard to explain, it feels like I am my character rather than controlling one.

I love the world, the art style, the story, the music, the characters, and the cute outfits.

WoW has its merits, but I was never a fan of being forced to create additional characters to play different classes and lose all the progress I've made on another character, and it does look a little too cartoon-ey for my tastes. I also really hate the direction of the story. Going back in time, to an ALTERNATE timeline that does not affect the current one and is also not the same as ours to stop the boss from the previous expansion... Tired of all the orcs, and thanks to WoW dragons feel a lot less epic.