Should FF14 take a new route? Discussion

[Vahlnir]

I can't really give an unbiased answer since I've been badly burned by wow, from my point of wiew even getting the normal formula is even of a victory and even for new content my expectation is kinda on the low side to the point I simply play it to see how it exactly goes.

Tbh, it's not really a "XIV vs WoW" sorta deal...it's XIV vs most other MMOs period, and comes up short in comparison to most of them in a lot of areas, including the one that came before it, XI. Not all areas, but too many. WoW has just been the "king" for ages, and because of that it's popular. Even in its current state it has more active subs than every other MMO on the market. It's actually doing pretty well atm. So, people such as myself tend to look to it to see some pretty dang good ideas that could be beneficial here. But we don't stop there. Other MMOs should be looked at as well for inspiration.

We shouldn't have to have low expectations from the XIV team or even from SE itself. But, they are making it increasingly harder to remain optimistic. Time and time again they continue to disappoint in some way or another, while telling us "it'll be great next time guys, we promise!"

No, no it won't. Not with the current direction. Something needs to be done to correct the course of this game, whether it be more funds or new ideas...preferably with at least a few new sets of eyes.

All of this said, if I wasn't enjoying the game I wouldn't be here. I just want to see it improve, not go the opposite direction. In HW it began to stagnate. In SB it seems like we're basically going in reverse.