Storytelling

[Voltyblast]

Most of us play because it is a story driven game! I know that concept is so hard to take in.

Not really: SWTOR is a story driven game just like ffxiv, only done better in basically every aspect of the storytelling part: better dialogue, better voice acting (even side quests), dialogue option (which sometimes changes the story) and while only a few expansions are united, you are free to take them at your own pace: for example I can directly jump to the KOTFE right away as soon as I have the right level, skipping the Hutt cartel or Shadow of Revan. Heck I can do the first expansion right at 50, even before finishing the main class story: the game will just warn me about spoilers.

Now whether the game itself is better or not that's for another topic (SWTOR is worse), but in terms of storytelling I consider it to be far superior than FFXIV.

Oh and I'm NOT a fan of Star Wars, so that's a plus for drawing non-fans like me!