Quote Originally Posted by Darksummoner View Post
I was a avid player of WoW for 18 years or however long it has been online. But let's be clear about something....WoW only has the success it has cause it was the only good thing around at this time. But now that FFXIV is here I am not sure how people still want to play WoW.
Nostalgy? Habit? Good lore or gameplay?

I (sadly or not) didn't play WoW for long as it's not my cup of the tea, but despite all its flaws, WoW is still one of the few good MMOs out there with next to no decent alternatives so it's not much of a surprise it still has a huge community. As good as FFXIV is, and as much as I love it, I saw a lot of ex-WoW players saying that it's "too slow" for them, meaning the way the game unfolds its content for the most part. And it's not wrong - the way we go trough story and how we unlock high-end content is on a slower side comparing to all the MMOs I tried out in the past. It's not a bad thing, but if players prefer to have everything available for them right this second - they likely won't stay here for long even if they like the story and battle system overall, because it doesn't matter if you're still in ARR or going trough ShB already - the overall pace doesn't change much. That's just how the game is, and I can see how it could turn off some players who prefer faster paced games, especially in Western community where grinding 1 month worth of a content in 2 days because "faster higher stronger" is a norm (but in all honesty, I think FFXIV's pace is one of the major factors that make it good).