Appreciation for the competition

[Lambdafish]

WoW was the father of the modern MMO, aka XIV 2.0 as we know it. It has more in common than you'd think, seeing as XIV 2.0 was a "tribute" to WoW. Just putting that out there. If it wasn't for WoW, XIV, as it is now, probably wouldn't exist.

Technically correct but so wrong on many levels. XIV 2.0 isn't a "tribute" to WoW, nor did it inspire XIV as we know it. When 1.0 failed, Yoshi P gave the developers subscriptions to WoW and other successful tab target MMOs to research what makes them successful, and from that research we got the current iteration of XIV, with tab target combat, and WoWesque dungeons and raids, but I would say XI has been as much of an influence, with specific features such as the job system, hunts, and deep dungeon being heavily inspired by its spiritual predecessor.

At the end of the day, XIV is its own game and it has done many things differently, and even some things better than WoW. You are right in saying that without WoW the current iteration of XIV wouldn't exist, but the same could be said of many MMOs (because that's how market research works), and at this point, XIV is so far along that it has developed its own reputation and its own successes that WoW can learn from.

[Vahlnir]

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In an article from back when 2.0 was released, Yoshi said himself about it being a bit of a tribute, so it did play some part in Yoshi's planning. Not a full blown tribute, mind you, but he definitely got some ideas. WoW also borrowed from other MMOs, but such things got more exposure or were perfected just by being in that game. XI definitely inspired XIV a good bit, that much is plain to see, and I think that was probably the best part. I played XI and enjoyed it to death. And yes, XIV is definitely running on its own success now, with a more caring dev team to boot. XIV is superior now in some areas, while WoW has its things. They could learn from each other, really. I view XIV highly, and definitely play it more than WoW anymore (though I enjoy both games still)...No doubt it's a superior game on way more fronts, but people tend to forget the origins of this game and decide to trash it instead. Or they know and just trash it anyway.