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

[KoujiMoreno]

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Can't agree with XIV's story being better than WoW's.There is so much lore in that game found through books, quests and items, it's ridiculous. I had to go through a bunch of wikis to make sure I caught everything (or most). I found it much more interesting than what XIV has. The only interesting thing I saw was the last parts of the 1.0 storyline and the final part with the reset. Though, liking the story is just a matter of preference, so whatevs.

I agree with raid thing though. I know the primals are suppose to be the other thing to do besides coil, but that's literally like 7 minutes or so and then that's over.

I generally found you were dead 99% of the time cause you aggro'd something else while running away from the first mob. Then you'd aggro something else, followed by another.

[MVague]

Can't agree with XIV's story being better than WoW's.There is so much lore in that game found through books, quests and items, it's ridiculous. I had to go through a bunch of wikis to make sure I caught everything (or most). I found it much more interesting than what XIV has. The only interesting thing I saw was the last parts of the 1.0 storyline and the final part with the reset. Though, liking the story is just a matter of preference, so whatevs.

I agree with raid thing though. I know the primals are suppose to be the other thing to do besides coil, but that's literally like 7 minutes or so and then that's over.

I generally found you were dead 99% of the time cause you aggro'd something else while running away from the first mob. Then you'd aggro something else, followed by another.

i can agree with you on the lore part. Though i can live without it, I like tidbits spread out and hidden in the game, lore stuff that makes the game more immersive, sets up mystery (books, NPC dialogue, whatever). FFXIV's story is fine though, I'd just like to see some more in-depth lore tbh.

[Luxx]

i can agree with you on the lore part. Though i can live without it, I like tidbits spread out and hidden in the game, lore stuff that makes the game more immersive, sets up mystery (books, NPC dialogue, whatever). FFXIV's story is fine though, I'd just like to see some more in-depth lore tbh.

I personally think this story is the worst of all Final Fantasy games. I'm not saying is downright bad...but it's pretty...well not that good.
It's either that or just simply not my cup of tea, y'know? I dunno, I'm not liking the story much but I do like the crafting and class/job story quests.

I also wish my character could friggin' talk or have more options. GW2 spoiled me with having options.
Would love if my mom or brother dad anyone.. or whatever was apart of the calamity and stuff and I finally found the grave or something and did something amazing before it all. Just something that ties me into the world and have a past than some random cat chick adventurer of light whatever. I feel like an errand woman lol.

They even stated [NPC's] that they are sorry for taking you go on random quests so often.

[drivendawn]

I personally think this story is the worst of all Final Fantasy games. I'm not saying is downright bad...but it's pretty...well not that good.
It's either that or just simply not my cup of tea, y'know? I dunno, I'm not liking the story much but I do like the crafting and class/job story quests.

I also wish my character could friggin' talk or have more options. GW2 spoiled me with having options.
Would love if my mom or brother dad anyone.. or whatever was apart of the calamity and stuff and I finally found the grave or something and did something amazing before it all. Just something that ties me into the world and have a past than some random cat chick adventurer of light whatever. I feel like an errand woman lol.

They even stated [NPC's] that they are sorry for taking you go on random quests so often.

While it's not the best for FF, for an MMO personal story I find it to be better than most MMO's out there.

[drivendawn]

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Well for me Lore and story are two different things in a way. While WoW did have a lot of lore that told you facts and history of the world it's story for your character wasn't nearly as good if you ask me. Infact I didn't care about my character and what was going on at all. Not to mention thanks to 1.0 and the fact this is FF there is a lot of lore if you look for it in this game.

[KoujiMoreno]

Well for me Lore and story are two different things in a way. While WoW did have a lot of lore that told you facts and history of the world it's story for your character wasn't nearly as good if you ask me. Infact I didn't care about my character and what was going on at all. Not to mention thanks to 1.0 and the fact this is FF there is a lot of lore if you look for it in this game.

That's very true, I never felt part of the story in WoW, ever. It always felt like I was sitting front row to an epic, but that's it. In XIV, while I do feel like I'm part of the story, I also feel confused. Sometimes I'm a super powered godlike being....now I need to go fetch some pies for some dude....other times I'm a silent robot that never receives back up for the people I'm helping. Im not sure how I'm suppose to view my character.
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[Duelle]

Can't agree with XIV's story being better than WoW's.There is so much lore in that game found through books, quests and items, it's ridiculous.

I was refering more to the fact Blizzard has thrown their characters under the bus to create bosses, made hasty developments to facilitate gameplay and created loreLOL of more ridiculous proportions as the game aged. I could talk about the messed up chain of events in WotLK to facilitate the alliance/horde war, the massive amount of wasted potential in Garrosh, the garbage called The Fall of Theramore, not to mention undoing major elements of races like the Blood Elves (restoring the eternally-corrupted Sunwell to give people a feel-good ending) or the night elves regaining their immortality (pissing away the worth of their sacrifice at the end of Warcraft III).

I can concede that FFXIV is a young game compared to the Warcraft franchise and there's still plenty of chances for SE to screw up the lore, though.