Quote Originally Posted by Colorful View Post
I don't expect a huge amount of the WoW players who quit to migrate here all of a sudden. The few reasons they've been playing WoW is because of the amount of time they've invested in it, the friends they've made, maybe an addiction to it, etc. Once they're realised they'll be perfectly fine without WoW, or anything like it.

A lot of the complains aimed at WoD also apply to FFXIV. Lack of open world content? Can't say FFXIV has much of that. Not enough major raid content? FFXIV has 1 hardcore raid with 4 bosses (one of which isn't even a boss) every 6 months, and only 2 difficulties, the 3.1 raid has 1 difficulty and will be beat within the first hour or two. PvP? They're not even bothering with that. This is not to mention the differences in gameplay and general aesthetic that'll turn a lot of WoW players off. They're used to orcs and demons, and come into here seeing cutesy demons and cat girls. 2.5 second GCD compared to WoW's 1s or 1.5s (don't really remember).
I would disagree that the issues with WoD are particularly present in FF14. That's not to say FF14 is flawless but WoD is a train wreck. There is numerous issues ranging from the perceived attitude of developers to the seriously broken story to the fact they only had one real content patch for the entire expansion cycle. That's not even touching on stuff like PvP, class design changes, the mess that is crafting and how grindy and boring garrisons ended up. WoW has lost almost half its subs in 6 months. FF14 isn't close to having WoW's issues.

However you right that FF14 isn't going to automatically appeal to WoW players. What appeals to different players varies greatly. That's why the 'this is what you need to do to get more subs' threads tend to be silly. It works on the assumption that everyone wants the same things.