WoW Refugee myself (truthfully I didn't even want to play WoW. Only did so because friends did). And gating had zero to do with me being here instead.

WoW is just plain boring. Even to "casuals" like myself. Leveling felt pointless because you were rushed through it so fast. All these pretty zones and interesting characters? No time to do those because it's time to go to the next zone! By the way, unless you make an alt you have zero need to come to these zones we've worked so hard on ever again.


FF14 actually gives their zones and story purpose. It's not just a backdrop, it IS the game. Not only are the zones pretty but we're encouraged to revisit.

That and I can be every class in the game on one character. I personally hate doing all the stuff you have to do in an MMO multiple times just to try out a different class. Here I can experiment and be encouraged to try new roles without any detriment to my character whatsoever besides inventory space. That's nice and I wish more games did that.