Carebear FF14

[HeroSamson]

Pvp is what kept "WoW" alive and on an international stage; not its dungeons.

My cousin said pvp and flying around a world is what kept him playing.

also the huge fights on the outside and defending outpost from hordes. it was something to do while he waited for expansions.

FFXI was the same though we had stuff to do, sky runs, bcnm, ksnm, abyss, missions, AF gear quest leveling the grind kept people back in order for them to produce content, Al Zahbi's defense there is more stuff but mostly it was the grind for me it slowed up stuff lets you enjoy the game not speed passed it

[Ronyx]

Pvp is what kept "WoW" alive and on an international stage; not its dungeons.

Sorry this is NOT WoW and FFXIV does not need PvP to stay alive. SE specialize in PvE.

[Doki]

Check your privilege OP.

[Baneus]

Sorry this is NOT WoW and FFXIV does not need PvP to stay alive. SE specialize in PvE.

Pretty much. Besides, Wow would have been hugely successful even without open world PvP. It had the huge advantage of being a recognised IP by a respected company launched at a time when MMOs were a reasonably niche sort of game. It attracted a ton of players that wouldn't have played any other type of MMO. As someone who played from just after launch on one of the original PvP servers, I can tell you that PvP was incredibly easy to avoid if you didn't feel like dealing with other players while levelling. WPvP was never a huge selling point until Wrath and the invasion of the Halotards.

[coldreactive]

Pretty much. Besides, Wow would have been hugely successful even without open world PvP. It had the huge advantage of being a recognised IP by a respected company launched at a time when MMOs were a reasonably niche sort of game. It attracted a ton of players that wouldn't have played any other type of MMO. As someone who played from just after launch on one of the original PvP servers, I can tell you that PvP was incredibly easy to avoid if you didn't feel like dealing with other players while levelling. WPvP was never a huge selling point until Wrath and the invasion of the Halotards.

On the three PVE Servers I played, I often found horde players in alliance areas... (and vice versa) I wouldn't even think about heading to PVP Servers because of that.