Playing an expansion as current content has been a lacklustre MMO experience

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No one ever wants to admit that lower end raiders in WoW don't have to keep up at all and act like everyone who raids and does M+ in WoW is raiding like a World First Mythic Group and HAS to be up to date oin gear. Where its just like any other MMO and the average raider which makes up the most of the raiding population clears in 2-3 months doing w/e they want really.

There's been a major successful disinformation campaign surrounding WoW - Even I fell for it because of how much of an FF fanboy I am. It's actually crazy how accessible it is in almost all forms compared to XIV and other MMOs. I still prefer the theatrics and markers/mechanics in XIV, but otherwise it doesn't even come close. It's absolutely insane how far apart they are in terms of accessibility and coop-ability, it honestly feels disgusting when we call XIV a new player friendly game in comparison.

New player friendly to what? Visual Novels? XIV is not new player friendly, it's single player friendly. Big difference.

I started playing it a few months ago, blew my fucking mind. "Wait, you're telling me there's actual content all over the place, and I can bring all of my friends basically at any point - I don't have to make my own fun by RPing and acting like I'm actually interested in other people's MSQ?" - And the things I unlock are actually Account Bound. WOAH!