With WoD in a month, what do you feel will happen in to FF14's population?

[Jaykos]

ALL mmos are in competition with each other so it will be interesting to see what happens. 2.4 needs to come pretty soon to take some of the shine off wod for sure.

[The_Last_Dragoon]

There are some obvious ebbs and flows in MMOs, and that's simply because you can't be in two places at once. I would reckon that there will probably be a temporary loss of players in FFXIV just as I would expect there to be a loss of players in other MMOs when the expansion for FFXIV comes out. Players like to have new content in their games, and the promise of new adventure is always alluring to those who speed run through content.

On a side note, Warlords of Draenor is probably one of the lack luster expansions that I've seen. Not only does it feel like another Cataclysm expansion due to there not being a new land to discover, but there aren't even any new Classes/Races to draw people back in. Everyone I know who used to play the game, myself included, hated the fact that you can literally skip straight to level 90 and play new content as a new player. It takes away from the player who worked hard to accomplish everything they've done, and being put into a party with a healer who doesn't know how to heal or a tank who doesn't know how to tank in a 90+ dungeon is not the way to keep your experienced players happy. It's for this reason that I would give players who return to WoW a month before they've completely geared themselves out and raised all their alts to 100 and realize they have 5 more months before Blizzard releases any worthwhile patches.

I would actually think that due to a lot of console players populating the game that the release of FFXV will actually hurt the population of FFXIV more than WoW ever could.

[ShiloEET]

Well i had mind to make a thread like this of my own... So since there's already one here:

1. WoW will definitely affect this game subscription base with the new release since the previous release is almost 2 years old.
2. The fan festival and news of the expansion pack might help hold the interest of players who have no desire/or interest to switch to WoW.
3. Nobody will know how the two games perform until Final fantasy 14 manage to release an expansion pack of it's own.

Either way i think it's best to wait until the expansion pack for Ff14 is even announced before really serious conversation about the two titles is tossed around.

[Laerune]

Yes, its going to hurt the game and we will lose a chunk of the population. MMORPG players are known for leaving mmo's when there are new releases and I reckon alot of former World of Warcraft players are going to give the new expansion a chance and see what Blizzard has done in the past years.

I reckon in a month or three we will see alot of players come back, unless they love WoD and stay there. SE needs to release something to convince the players that FFXIV is the better product.

[Empressia]

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1. FF14 is raidlogging game ever since 2.1 so no, it will not put a dent on FF14 population
2. WoD graphics? PFFFFFFF u mean tat UPDATED POS CARTOON GRAPHICS?
3. And ofc, different market between FF fans vs WoW fanboys which means u can't compare two of these MMOs in the 1st place

[Felis]

It will definitely affect the population for sure. Thus, S.E must entice players to return somehow. They need to respond to WoD with something that will lure players back to FF14.

3.0 coming next year

[Alistaire]

Please voice opinions and not redirected questions. I stated almost comparable.....not one the same caliber. Thank you for your response.

No need to be rude there buddy. That post was a valid point, and does happen to be an opinion about the topic no matter if there's a question included or not.

[ShiloEET]

1. FF14 is raidlogging game ever since 2.1 so no, it will not put a dent on FF14 population
2. WoD graphics? PFFFFFFF u mean tat UPDATED POS CARTOON GRAPHICS?
3. And ofc, different market between FF fans vs WoW fanboys which means u can't compare two of these MMOs in the 1st place

That's simply not the truth. Most damage done to WoW's player base isn't permanent. Some people who play WoW will never stop playing it because of the position that game is resting in. However this game is the biggest competitor. However being quite frank, that can, or cannot mean anything. So it's really a matter of acknowledging the two in the future.

[TessaJalloh]

Honestly? i don't think it'll be as dramatic as people thing. A lot of people play more than one mmo, many will still have months of sub left on ARR when they go sign up for WoW and play the two together.

The ones who will genuinely leave for WoW will not be as many as you might think, but those who do will likely still be around.

[Vaer]

Game hoppers will flock to it for about a month or two, realize it's the same stuff with a different coat of paint and not really new, then they will lose the subscribers again to other games until the next new patch comes out, repeat.

Kind of like this game.

MMO "gamers" have commitment issues these days.

It will definitely affect this game's population, though.