Quote Originally Posted by AusarViled View Post
I did not even mention WoW. I am just saying objectively the story in ff14 is not good. I played the majority of the mmos. Here is why…

1) story has no options that actually matter- old school and boring in 2021
2) your character has 0 growth- poor writing
3) you are a deus ex machina, every god bows to you for 0 reason
4) The charachter cast is arguably worthless but take your credit
5) Being hero is repetitive
6) No proper interaction with world - you have 0 impact
7) you got no agency, and your actions don’t match your intent


FF14 shines in an area where people don’t give it any credit. The best part of ff14 is it’s combat, which unfortunately does not get to shine because of the easy content.

I have enjoyed every savage and ultimate I have done… 10000X the msq. And no I am not a raider in WoW or other mmos.

Take my post objectively

1500 hours in swtor
1000 hours in eso
Casually played WoW in cata, legion, Wotlk [somewhere around 900 hours]
2000 hours in GW2 pvp
BnS: 1300 hours
Elsword: 950 hours
Wizard101: 3000 hours
Other mmos I forget: 6+ years of playing every failed mmos

I have a lot of things to compare to.
How can you say with a straight face the story is objectively bad? I am a 38 year old grizzled biker who drives a truck and and ARR made me laugh, and cry. I remember the first real sense of panic in ARR, after we beat the primal, went back to the wasting sands and everything there was dark and a mess...Sheer panic.

If Heavensward was a movie, it would get an oscar. I can't tell you the roller coaster of emotions that story and those characters made me feel.

Stormblood, where I am now, everyone says is "the bad one"? So far I am having a blast. The graphics are better since dropping PS3 support then. So much voice acting on the other side of the world its great.

So please don't say anything about this game is objective, certainly not the story. You don't speak for me.