Final Fantasy 14 Players trying WOW?

[MagiusNecros]

I tried WoW a while back. It can be fun with friends but the game is so scuffed and contingent on dailies it'll make you sick. And given the companies poor standards and fake virtue signaling(and pointless censorship) coupled with a lack of native controller support it just ain't for me.

And they really have a big problem with overreliance on gimmicks and borrowed power.

[SturmChurro]

I tried WoW in Legion. Mostly all I did was PvP. I don't know how PvP is now on there, but I preferred FFXIV overall even back then, and from what I hear about WoW, it has only gone downhill from there.

The only mmorpgs aside from FFXIV I would recommend (currently out), maybe GW2 or ESO, supposedly SWTOR is still going. SWTOR could be nice if someone wants to play story. ESO has a terrible cash shop, and it really hampers the experience, plus I have heard PvP is very very laggy, PvE might be okay. GW2 is a nice little relaxing game mostly, kind of boring for me, but it's not a bad game. At least last time I played it.

[NegativeS]

If you like PvE, WoW is 'bashing your head against a concrete wall' simulator.

If you like PvP, WoW is 'bashing your head against a brick wall' simulator.

If you like exploration, WoW is 'bashing your head against drywall' simulator.

If you like story, WoW is 'washing your face with barbed wire' simulator.

The only decent thing about WoW is the class design, and even then some come up rather short.

[Vahlnir]

I tried WoW in Legion. Mostly all I did was PvP. I don't know how PvP is now on there, but I preferred FFXIV overall even back then, and from what I hear about WoW, it has only gone downhill from there.

The only mmorpgs aside from FFXIV I would recommend (currently out), maybe GW2 or ESO, supposedly SWTOR is still going. SWTOR could be nice if someone wants to play story. ESO has a terrible cash shop, and it really hampers the experience, plus I have heard PvP is very very laggy, PvE might be okay. GW2 is a nice little relaxing game mostly, kind of boring for me, but it's not a bad game. At least last time I played it.

PvP in Legion was fun, and they provided some pretty decent incentives for players of all skill levels to do it. The newly added Demon Hunter was what I used most, though I had (well, wanted) to do it on my other characters for the artifact appearances. That's probably the last time I actually enjoyed PvP at all. The only real "rush" I've gotten since then was declaring war on others in War Mode with a group of hunters on the Timeless Isle when I was trying to get a pet tame. lol Many people learned what hunter justice was that day.

[Ransu]

If you want to try another MMO try SWTOR. Its got a ton of story content and you wont be supporting the cesspool of blizzard.

[Warpstone]

I played WoW for 16 years. I would not recommend it to anyone now. especially casual players. Just about everything is time gated or behind a huge grind, and after you grind it out they take it away and make you grind for it again. They are even putting words behind a grind in their next patch. I have had more fun playing the last year here than I have had in years playing WoW.

The developers hate you, despise you and couldn't care less about you or what you want, they have been taking away stuff just for spite for a while now. We already jumped thru their hoops for flying this expac and now the are adding more hoops. WoW developers think they would have the perfect game if it was not for the players.

But this is my opinion and I would not recommend WoW to my worst enemy.

[Lily_Skye]

If you want to try another MMO try SWTOR. Its got a ton of story content and you wont be supporting the cesspool of blizzard.

^this

SWTOR has one of the best story content

look at this ... it's beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzq9epS2b1A

[Puremallace]

I'm one of those who played WoW long before playing FF14.

Modern WoW is a lot of fun. The WoW forums/reddit/etc. are cesspits, but the game itself is really enjoyable. Mythic+ dungeons, raids, etc. are great, and modern WoW is design for people to play without having to no-life the game.

Give it a try!

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[Makeda]

I personally consider ESO to have better story than FFXIV because it's not so linear. Great lore and voice acting too.

I also really like the gameplay of both GW2 and ESO.

But you noted trying both of those and not really liking them.

Beyond that - 5 or so years ago Neverwinter was a great MMO, but I hear it's become too monetized with microtransactions since.

I can't really recommend any of the other options because they're either just glorified waifu-games with cash-shop driven gameplay (*), or they're complete messes like New World.

(*) People say FFXIV is a waifu game with the catgirls and bunnygirls... but this place is tame, and has actual gameplay. Most of those other games spend 90% of their development budget on unrealistic 'chest physics'... so... yeah...

[Rhysati]

In this thread people are equating sexual harrassment and assault with NFTs and crunch.

Just...what even is this? The people in charge over at ActivisionBlizzard literally have done everything they can to continue defending the people who have been at the helm during all of these sexual abuses. Supporting any Blizzard property IS supporting sexual predators as they are still getting paid more money that almost any of us will ever see in our lifetimes.

That's your choice to make and if you don't view that as a moral issue for you? Fine. But you are objectively giving money to people doing horrible things to human beings in the name of profit.