The "Wow Refugee's" impact on the FFXIV Community?

[van_arn]

I don't think the term "WoW refugee" is made with any innate degradation in the term. I view it rather neutral. Players who are unsatisfied with a game leaves it and comes to another in large quantities have usually been termed 'refugees' in gaming culture. Wildstar, ESO, etc. They've had their various refugee phases. Heck, even those in Warframe refer to people who shift from the Destiny Games to them refer to it as "D2 Refugees"

I think the perception of the word may have been altered by more political motivations outside the world of gaming. But generally it's not meant to be demeaning.

What's true is wow is a boogeyman for everything from the community to content to elitism for the players that think XIV is unique.

The problem is the playerbase, which has always shared people with wow.