Do you think lore helps or hinders?

[Kaurie]

IMO, it's readily apparent WoW's writers know less about the lore of the game than most of the fans do. They have so much and do so little with it. They're the Disturbed/Nickleback of story writing.

FF14 has a lot less, but upon examination they're actually consistent and self referential with it. I much prefer this.

Yeah consistency is good, but consistently boring is not so great. *shrug*