Normally you’re a bit off the mark with your WoW/FFXIV posts and comments, but I feel like you hit the money with this one (mostly).

WoW is XIVs biggest competitor. But even taking some eastern MMOs, the newest ones that come out, the top newcomers on the steam store, for example: Bless Unleash, Swords of Legends Online, these are newcomers who should know better. But they either provide clunky user experiences, treat you like a commodity and shove cash shops in your face, or just... don’t like the player.

It’s fine to criticize XIV. (Unlike how I may sound on the forums, I do it all the time. I just think there’s a need for fair balance and some of these criticisms on here tend to ignore the fact that we are JUST now finding footing again in the US, let alone in other parts of the world).

Keep criticizing the game. Do it! But just do it with the knowledge that oh GOD it could be worse. You could be playing that one MMO that relies on potions to keep you alive and then sells those potions in the cash shop, and when your bag is 50% full, won’t autoreplenish HP.