Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
I keep seeing people complaining about how FFXIV is bad and how other MMOs are doing it better.

What MMOs are those?

I know it's not WoW. I've been playing WoW for the last 6 months. The "slop" there looks different but overall it's still slop.

My problem with FFXIV right now is story and environment aesthetics. The Dawntrail story has been poorly done and I'm not into the neon cyberpunk/streetgear look. The 7.2 MSQ still doesn't impress me even if it's an improvement over what we've seen so far this expansion. I can't generate enough interest anymore to make it worth paying a subscription.

The only advantage WoW has for me right now over FFXIV is that I don't have to pay to play (very easy to make gold to get a WoW token). Being on a limited income for a few more months before my financial situation gets straightened out, that makes a big difference for me. Otherwise both have their good parts and bad parts. I won't call WoW a game that does it better when it doesn't.

But if someone can list other MMORPGs that are better and what specifically makes them better, it could be I'll find a new MMORPG to play until FFXIV swings back to what it was like in the past when it comes to story/aesthetic (if it ever does).

If all people are doing is throwing out a mysterious other MMORPG as a reason for the devs to do better without having knowledge and experience of a specific better game, then we're all having our time wasted. The devs aren't going to be motivated by threats of players moving to another game that doesn't exist.
MMO as a genre is dead. Move on.

Go play single player open world games if you want something to grind. Go play multiplayer games like Helldivers 2 if you want to party up with friends. There's a reason the kids aren't playing MMOs, and it's not because they are kids. It's because the MMO genre only survives by pulling older gamers in with nostalgia. If you want value for money there are a ton of indie games out there.