Congratulations Square Enix! FF4 surpasses WoW this year. (Source inside)

[Vahlnir]

Not disagreeing -- but I find it completely weird that WoW players would jump ship as the expansion ends to embrace a six month content drought in a different game to the point where a website surpassed LuckyBancho's census at the peak of ShB in 5.3.

For those "jumping ship" who are seeking a different experience and have yet to dive into FF XIV, there isn't a 6 month (5 months-ish now and growing shorter by the day) content drought. It's all new to them. I don't think you understand that.

[SturmChurro]

There's a lot about WoW that I like better, but not enough for me to continue playing it. The main things I miss are some of the playable races such as the Blood Elves who I adored both in terms of their character models and the lore surrounding them. I also miss some of the classes - Death Knight, Warlock, Druid and Demon Hunter in particular. Reaper is coming with Endwalker and looks promising, though hopefully it is written to truly be a 'darker job'.

All in all, I think there's a lot of elements that both MMO's could take from each other moving forward.

Agreed, but unfortunately I don't see either changing. FFXIV has sat quite comfortably in it's niche, and seems to be trying to cater even more to a casual playerbase, while WoW is there to cater to the more hardcore. I don't really see this as a good thing, I'd rather see SE branch out more in terms of content in FFXIV, and start giving us more in general as well.

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For those "jumping ship" who are seeking a different experience and have yet to dive into FF XIV, there isn't a 6 month (5 months-ish now and growing shorter by the day) content drought. It's all new to them. I don't think you understand that.

Content drought? We will have new content and events coming out every month until EW, except maybe October. There's a TON of stuff to do, new content or otherwise!

This is sarcasm

[Vahlnir]

Content drought? We will have new content and events coming out every month until EW, except maybe October. There's a TON of stuff to do, new content or otherwise!

We won't be getting much new stuff though outside of some holiday events. Personally, I still have a ton of things I want to do, and there's definitely content there for the next however many months until Endwalker. But there's not going to be any meaty content drops until the expansion.

I think it really all depends on what the mindset is.

Not really, no. There's a lot to do for new players. A fair amount for us as well if we seek it out.

[Y2K21]

Not really, no. There's a lot to do for new players. A fair amount for us as well if we seek it out.

Really depends what they want for the game -- as much as there is to do: player have to have the drive to do it. Its why I dont necessarily buy into "theres a lot to do and people will seek it out".

Housing is already limiting as it is. Do we expect new players to dive head first into Eureka/Bozja? Do we expect them to pick up Blue Mage? Do we expect them to do Golden Saucer things?

Its all dependent on what the player wants to do. If a player just wants to quest and do instances -- it could get tiring after some time.

[Y2K21]

For those "jumping ship" who are seeking a different experience and have yet to dive into FF XIV, there isn't a 6 month (5 months-ish now and growing shorter by the day) content drought. It's all new to them. I don't think you understand that.

I think it really all depends on what the mindset is.

Content drought? We will have new content and events coming out every month until EW, except maybe October. There's a TON of stuff to do, new content or otherwise!

Like what?

Make it Rain? If its anywhere close to what it was in 2020 -- it going to not be much of anything.

5.57 and 5.58 will most likely be similar to how the .57 and .58 patches were previous. -- system adjustments towards battle end as the expansion closes. Not really a lot of content that will be added between those two.

The FFXV event? Not exactly new content -- but Ill consider that; but its a short questline for goodies.

Outside of that -- you mainly have six months of not much different since 5.55 launch.