Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
In some ways it makes sense, like if someone wanted Thrall or something it would be extremely silly to request here "I really want Thrall in FFXIV" ... "uh.. if you want Thrall.. play WoW", but as an overall statement I feel it's silly..

What if WoW had very high quality instanced housing, or fantastic combat or something akin to the effect.

"Man I wish our housing was as good as WoW's"
"YOU WANT GOOD HOUSING!?!? GO PLAY WOW"

O.o, awful argument, imo.

Personally I see far more "go play something else / go play X" used as a stopper in the path of improvements of understanding. Like someone who uses another game as a reference to functional concepts and you get the big parrot "go play wow *squawk*".

Maybe the person asking for something gave a 2/10 effort, but I feel this behavior makes a 0/10 quality to the thread. I'd always prefer to see someone poorly trying to ask for something than relatively lazy dismissal's of concepts.
Thing is, it makes sense to tell them that when what they want already exists.

I play FFXIV because it's different. If I wanted wows systems, I'd play that.