Appreciation for the competition

[Vahlnir]

As an ex WoW player myself, I wouldn't really say FF14 has anything much in common with the WoW of yore.

It does make a refreshing change to play a game where the developers actually care about the playerbase though, as opposed to Blizzard ignoring all the feedback they get and telling everyone that they know what we want really and then getting surprised when actually, they didn't. <_<

Yeah, I play both games and enjoy both, but I feel XIV's dev team could learn a few things from WoW. That said, the dev team here seems to care a whole lot more than the WoW team does and seem to be at the very least open to any and all feedback. WoW devs have been mostly passive aggressive since their last expansion, WoD, nearly killed the game. Legion is pretty decent, but it's certainly no Wrath of the Lich King.

[Cenerae]

Yeah, I play both games and enjoy both, but I feel XIV's dev team could learn a few things from WoW. That said, the dev team here seems to care a whole lot more than the WoW team does and seem to be at the very least open to any and all feedback. WoW devs have been mostly passive aggressive since their last expansion, WoD, nearly killed the game. Legion is pretty decent, but it's certainly no Wrath of the Lich King.

Legion and the way they handled gearing was the final straw for me.

I would agree that WoW does do some things better than FF14, but I just can't stomach any more of the treadmill. It's nice to kick back and relax here and not feel obligated to grind mythic dungeons in the vague hope a usefully statted item titanforges enough to be useful for me.