Quote Originally Posted by Reap00 View Post
I don't agree with you. It is a fair comparison. The actual premise of the OP is highlighting the differences between one dev team and the other. The XIV dev team has fire and passion for their game. The WoW dev team has zero passion for their game and you can see it in their eyes and demeanor whenever they talk about their game. Their lawyer front man can't talk his way out of this one. It is written all over his face. I also believe this issue would be much more apparent if Blizzard did live events. They do not. They hide behind pre recorded events and STILL can't manage to appear interested in their product.
Unless you've shaken the hand of every of software engineer on both teams, your argument is invalid. You are judging a team of 100+ hard-working software engineers based on the appearance of a few key lead individuals and their marketing team.

Quote Originally Posted by ZedxKayn View Post
Are we calling XIV a single-player oriented game and saying that it's not a MMO am I reading this right?
No, it's an MMO, but it's a Single-Player Story-based Game first, and then a MMO second. WoW has always been MMO-first, story second. They both aim to achieve different Game Design goals and have different focuses and appeal to different player-bases.

Quote Originally Posted by van_arn View Post
Yeah, they’ve ascended to the highest plane of gcbtw: the “ffxiv is a visual novel” plane.

Sorry it’s def an mmo.
^ This guy is just a forum troll