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

[shanvhere]

With the release of WoD, the population of FF14 will drop dramatically due to a more enjoyable content.

[ReddAxel]

I think everyone should be more concerned about player numbers dropping due to the release of the Duck Dynasty game. We all know how much everyone's been anticipating that game's release.

[Mahri]

Something to note regarding graphical quality:

You can't really compare ARR and WoW, because the style is totally different.

Older models and environments in WoW seriously do look 2004, but the presence of such things in-game is rapidly dwindling, and with the character model revamp, plus everyone in newer zones, it's practically WoW 2. It maintains the colorful, chunky, cartoony aesthetic, keeps the special effects low-key enough so that system requirements remain humble, but easily stands next to modern games in terms of visual fidelity.

What it has never gone for (and never should) is photo-realism. FFXIV's environments do this, albeit with a fantastical flourish in terms of topography, and the characters themselves adhere to a sort of low-key anime aesthetic, as most FF games in recent generations have.

FF style and Warcraft style is apples and oranges.

[shanvhere]

Btw, WoW is getting a whole new engine look, sooooooooooooooooooooo

[Mahri]

Btw, WoW is getting a whole new engine look, sooooooooooooooooooooo

New look, yeah, but not a new engine. They're just bringing character models that were made a decade ago up to speed with the fidelity of the art assets that have been in-game for 3-4 years now.

[TheRogueX]

With the release of WoD, the population of FF14 will drop dramatically due to a more enjoyable content.

LOL, dude, you're talking about WoW here. It stopped being enjoyable about the time of WotLK.

[Duelle]

I'm not jaded enough to expect anything from anyone.

Predicting responses based on past and consistent behavioral patterns does not make one jaded. It just means you know that person's particular thought pattern on some level.

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On topic, I'm on the fence. This game is my haven away from WoW and their asinine "lore". I can see some people leaving to check out the changes and then coming back here, as I somehow doubt WoD will bring any sort of revolution to WoW in terms of content.

[Alistaire]

Also, am I the only one that saw this thread title and thought World of Darkness was coming out with something new?

[Leandras]

Please answer you opinion in a kind and calm manner. I only ask this question out of interest to see what others opinions are in regards to this expansion.

Do you think that the population of FF14 will decrease not just for a short time but for a extended period of time after WoD release?

Do you feel that FF14 is up to the challenge of facing down WoW in regards to numbers with the whole new restructure of on how WoW with updated its graphics which is almost comparable to FF14?

Do you feel that the player base based on your server has increased or decreased not based on content but based on the direction SE has made with the game in the past year?

Please voice your opinions in a respectful manner. I do not ask this question to start arguments or to offend anyone....I would just like to ask honest opinions on the above questions.....

1. It will but with a big impact at the launch of it (2.4 will be around the same time so people will still be doing that too). Long-term impact will happen but will probably be small. Those that play WoD will grow tired of it and look for something new, some may come back to ffxiv whilst others move to the next big mmo release.

2.1 The sub battle has WoW overshooting ffxiv by a big margin and I think that's a good thing. From personal experience I've noticed that the smaller the community is, the more it's community actually behaves like actual humans. I know since hunts people are seeing the beast side of the community but I personally haven't been trolled by random strangers/fc members/duty members (problems I regularly had on wow)

2.2 Though I've primarily been playing ffxiv since arr beta wave 2, I've still been following the development of wod closely. Most the features that were announced at blizzcon were severely limited when the design had to be implemented in the game (garrisons losing a massive portion of it's customization, faction cities being changed to generic faction camps, and entire zones being removed for a later patch). The graphics, though a big improvement over the old don't impress me really but I understand that they are limited by a bloody old engine so you cant really expect amazing graphics. The first 3 races announced(dwarf, gnome, orc) were beautifully done and polished but the later ones felt rushed.

3.1 I'd say, for the most part, my server is pretty much the same since launch day. I still have to wait until ungodly hours to make an alt with the restrictions so the population is still there. The separate pockets of communities exist based on game preference. Old friends quit, new friends join, it's simply the way it goes.

3.2 I do feel, personally, that the CT patches ruin the experience at this point even if it is my endgame. It shoves the medium strength gear down your throat(buying ilvl 90 sets with hunt seals) within a hour or two and leaves you waiting behind weekly lockouts to get another piece of gear. Remember that drg you worked through coil 1 in 2.2 to get a ilvl 90ish set? Bam you just got a full set for it in 30mins of hunting so go hang it on the wall to gather dust until the next coil patch while you gear your main once per week with tome and ct gear.

Same thing happened in 2.1 as it is now, only in 2.1 it was the tomestone droprate that caused this.

The views expressed above are my own biased views so do with them as you will. It's not an attack on anyone for choosing one over the other.

tl;dr Yes, I predict it will, but not a long-term huge impact.

Stay classy

[Skotie]

Also, am I the only one that saw this thread title and thought World of Darkness was coming out with something new?

I knew what it meant because I've played wow but a new World of Darkness game, man we can only hope.