Brian from Work 2 Game is leaving FFXIV

[midnitdragoon]

Nah. That and DF weren't the beginning of the end. If that were the case, then this game was doomed from the very beginning. At this point, it's the only way to get things done sometimes in WoW, especially if you are on a dead server like mine, which was all but obliterated by the last two expansions.

Yes we have party finder, but xiv 2.0 and on was designed around more than just that. In world of Warcraft, vanilla especially, it was all about exploring the world, partying with random players, adding them to your friends list. Dungeon needs were basically built around chat and meeting to get it done. They eventually implemented meeting stones which was nice.

The moment party finder was implemented, there was no need to socialize and communicate for dungeons in WoW.

[Vahlnir]

Yes we have party finder, but xiv 2.0 and on was designed around more than just that. In world of Warcraft, vanilla especially, it was all about exploring the world, partying with random players, adding them to your friends list. Dungeon needs were basically built around chat and meeting to get it done. They eventually implemented meeting stones which was nice.

The moment party finder was implemented, there was no need to socialize and communicate for dungeons in WoW.

And yet FF XIV managed and continues to manage just fine with the social aspect. That was not the problem with WoW, and it is not a problem here either. Its problems were and still are far and away from DF and PF.

[Rolder50]

Yes we have party finder, but xiv 2.0 and on was designed around more than just that. In world of Warcraft, vanilla especially, it was all about exploring the world, partying with random players, adding them to your friends list. Dungeon needs were basically built around chat and meeting to get it done. They eventually implemented meeting stones which was nice.

The moment party finder was implemented, there was no need to socialize and communicate for dungeons in WoW.

I'm not so sure. WotLK had the dungeon finder and yet it was the most popular that WoW has ever been.

[Ransu]

Yes we have party finder, but xiv 2.0 and on was designed around more than just that. In world of Warcraft, vanilla especially, it was all about exploring the world, partying with random players, adding them to your friends list. Dungeon needs were basically built around chat and meeting to get it done. They eventually implemented meeting stones which was nice.

The moment party finder was implemented, there was no need to socialize and communicate for dungeons in WoW.

Ya spamming the chat with LFG was soooo social *eye roll.* The anti DF crowd will never make sense to me. DF didn't hurt WoW and the notion that it did is beyond ridiculous.

[Absimiliard]

Ya spamming the chat with LFG was soooo social *eye roll.* The anti DF crowd will never make sense to me. DF didn't hurt WoW and the notion that it did is beyond ridiculous.

Not only did it not hurt WoW, its introduction caused a huge spike in people actually doing content. There's a reason Wrath was the most popular expansion. Those numbers didn't really start to thin out until Cata, but I mean... Cata. Who could blame people for leaving?

[Yeastyloins]

Yes we have party finder, but xiv 2.0 and on was designed around more than just that. In world of Warcraft, vanilla especially, it was all about exploring the world, partying with random players, adding them to your friends list. Dungeon needs were basically built around chat and meeting to get it done. They eventually implemented meeting stones which was nice.

The moment party finder was implemented, there was no need to socialize and communicate for dungeons in WoW.

I can tell you right now that classic wow destroys that concept given in TBC faction balance eventually turned every pvp server into a pve server since you have mega servers that either 99% horde or alliance. Even in vanilla classic after BWL was released the only interaction you had with the world was entirely centered around getting world buffs for raid and then raid logging your character after raiding Tuesday or Wednesday. Your socialization moved to the Discord servers for your guild and for your own server.

[Ralphe2449]

I can tell you right now that classic wow destroys that concept given in TBC faction balance eventually turned every pvp server into a pve server since you have mega servers that either 99% horde or alliance.

The sad part is we know this is the result from countless years of mmo experience, factions that give advantages dont work because everyone will eventually join the winning one.

New world literally did the same thing, 3 factions and what happened was everyone just joined the winning faction that controlled the entire map to reap the benefits.

The fact mmo devs keep repeating the same mistakes over and over is depressing.