Quote Originally Posted by linay View Post
Considering I picked some of the jobs I play based on the number of abilities, I do think bloat is a possible concern.

Some of the MMOs I've tried are WoW (Legion/BfA), SWTOR, STO, ESO, Tera, BDO, DCUO, (some Marvel MMO), AoC, Rift, and some other I've forgotten, and honestly, none of their controls are as nice as FFXIV for me. The only two I've played at max level are WoW and SWTOR and they have comparable number of abilities to FFXIV, and maybe even less in actual combat for certain classes for day-to-day dungeon playthrough.
What do you mean the controls are more comfortable? You can literally change the controls 100% - You could move your hotbar to the middle of the screen and make it cover half of it if you wanted. You could make the movement keys GLN and R if you wanted. I dont see how FF14s controls are comfortable...Considering you can change everything about them.

Also, yes while Wow might have a comparible ammount of skills to FF14 you have to remember that wow's GCD is MUCH shorter than FF14s. In FF14, you spend a lot of time sitting around waiting for your GCD to come back when you're not weaving. Any more buttons in wow would be a chore for players, any more in FF14 however, is a necessity as far as im concerned.