Final Fantasy XIV Is The Best MMORPG Right Now

[CookiesNCreams]

but have you checked their ear length though

Nobody 100% looks like MY character. I’ll have you know that my character is wearing glamorous nails, nobody wears glamorous nails!

[Zeonx]

The nostalgia is there definitely sticking to lore and yes the game is fun.

I like all the new and returning cast from previous final fantasy game and hope it continues even hope one day to see sephiroth pop his face into the game.

though I hear the FFXI reboot is being made I don't know if it will put a dent into this MMO but I remember FFXI being very community friendly and that's what makes the game fun, FFXIV is fun but some of the community actually make that experience crappy sometimes.

When I played FFXI with cousin nobody seemed to call you out for gear everyone had their own setup people were having fun that's what I think makes a great game.

[Sathona]

yea until blade and soul unreal engine 4 update comes out and ff14 will be the side mmo. Bns has the better story, character design, world design and each patch feels different. Not hating on ff14 but saying it is the best is kinda...a stretch. ff14 is great and all but the combat shows its flaws in eurka because it is boring. Defend it as you will but bns combat is just to grind and kill stuff. i do love everything else about ff14 but the lack of changing up the forumlas or adding new flare to dungeons makes it get kinda old. Also mmos are dying ff14 doesnt really have much competetion...wow classic...ummm mmos are so dead they are trying to use nostalgic to save it

It seems you are placing your faith in Bloodlust too much..UE4 can be just as bad if not worse than UE3 in the hands of a bad developer and thats exactly what BL is.
BnS is far too pay2win to even be an enjoyment for newer players,and in general the community is 20x worse than FFXIVs will ever be. People dont welcome you.
BnS offers so little compared to FFXIV,the only good thing is the combat. the story stopped being good patches ago,idk what you still enjoy to it. its setting is a K-Drama and a predictable one too
and thats coming from someone who plays BnS since 2013 in various regions etc. NEW Cosmetics are all locked behind rng boxes or trove. They dont sell new cosmetics for direct purchase on Cash Shop anymore either.
The BnS maps are truly empty compared to FFXIV. Yes character customization is better. but overall FFXIVs only flaws comparing it to BnS is character customization and combat.

I legit replaced BnS with FFXIV at february when i tried this game. I still play BnS ofc and ill never quit it due to how much ive invested but yeah FFXIV offers almost the same things as BnS but more and much better.

[Yeul]

Final Fantasy XIV is definitely the best mmo at the moment. But eventually other MMOs will catch up, even surpassing the game. The game really needs to improve on its graphics engine and it’s character customization to officially be king of MMOs.

Even free MMOs with no subscriptions have better customization and graphics than this game. It’s just the free ones lack in replay value and content, where FFXIV doesn’t.

Anyways, love what you did!

Err, what? This game have one if not the best graphics of all mmo right now!!

[Sathona]

Err, what? This game have one if not the best graphics of all mmo right now!!

Debateable.

BDO has some fantastic graphics probs the best on an MMO atm
FFXIV is second imo
im not even going to mention WoW it looks ugly

[Reeereee]

FFXIV is probably the best game on the market for casual play.

For non-casual play a game where PvP is a minigame and the only meaningful difficulty in PvE is for exactly 8 players is not what I'm looking for.

[Sentaryuu]

FFXIV is definitely the best mmo for me. I have tried others, but they just dont last (there has only been one other that I made it to 50, Aura Kingdom, my account is probably gone now however), though I have only tried free ones. Ffxiv is the only pay to play mmo I have played.

I also love that I can play with a controller. I have difficulty playing with mouse and keyboard because I have small hands. And that there are plenty of mounts I can get through gameplay unlike others where most mounts are bought with real money.

[Barraind]

14 has its moments.

If you like raiding with more than 8 people, challenging single group content, or meaningful PvP though, you arent getting that here.


Its a little frustrating to have to have multiple MMO subscriptions (I cheat and just play EQ on test) to enjoy the things I like in a MMO (Crafting, Raiding, high-end group content).

Where 11 innovated on what its predecessors had done, 14 went "THEME PARK IT IS! MMO's are ezez" and came to an abrupt stop. As much as Yoshi and crew did a LOT to get the game into a significantly better state, they arent exactly trying to innovate anything.

[Dfess]

Far from the best but, it's a good one.

[Selova]

XIV is up there but I would never say it's the best MMORPG out there. It only copies what WoW does and doesn't dare to innovate. Content doesn't have teeth. No threat whatsoever in this game.

So tired of hearing this. It doesn't copy WoW, It copies the MMO formula and it does so because it works. I believe the phrase is "Don't fix what is not broken." In the same breath, I believe all MMO's and not just FFXIV suffer from lack of innovation because it's probably terrifying trying to branch out and do new things when you have no idea if it's going to succeed or crash and burn. They know what works so they stick with the standard formula and occasionally do small changes to other types of content to see how it does and how to improve it. Diadem/Eureka is literally a example of that. (It's probably not where they want it yet but i believe it's making progress)


FFXIV is by no means perfect and has it's issues but it's still up there with the best. I agree with the customization being expounded upon (What I wouldn't give for SE's character customization to be on the level of BDO's, they are the king of character designs and customization.) I don't really agree with a improved graphics engine, while it would be great and would like to see it it's not really holding the game back.

All those other F2P games, especially the chinese and Korean MMO's only selling point is their graphics, the rest of the game is either bogged down by a sea of micro-transactions or the grind is cranked up to a 11 because it's the only way they get players to stay long term due to their lack of actual game content. I'll always, always take actual content over graphics.


While calling it the best is subjective. There's no denying it's success especially considering the MMO genre is almost always in a state of stagnation. The dev's have passion for the game and it shows and not many games today have that. It's still my favorite MMO and will be for the foreseeable future.