Quote Originally Posted by Lium View Post
Is this just another case of forums being negative and everyone that actually enjoys DF are actually playing the game?
Final Fantasy XIV was based on standards of the genre set by Wrath of the Lich King and took with it its worst baggage: players being fed hand to mouth for all content in the game. As such, there's a limited pool of funds that companies can spend on these games. Blizzard took the raiding route and Square Enix took the single-player storyline route. Both are mutually exclusive. And since both games have made heavy sacrifices (Blizz for casual content, Square for endgame), fans of both are equally discontent at their own games. They deal with it differently: because WoW is an aggressive raiding game, fans are as vocal as they are during prog. Because FFXIV prizes itself on being casual-friendly, positive all the time and "non-toxic", fans simply stand idle while playing other games.

Perhaps it wasn't wise for Yoshida to clone the WoW model! If you copy someone else's homework, you risk copying the wrong answer...