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    I would think the Armory system is unique enough to set FF14 apart from any other "WoW-clone" out there. No other MMO besides FF11 has allowed you to experience everything on one character, to the best of my knowledge. An FF game is usually known for it's engaging story, good graphics and characteristics unique to its series.

    A lot of these other things being introduced into the game such as vanity slots are just modern conveniences. This whole "copying other games" notion is a dead horse topic at this point. Games have borrowed ideas from other games or other sources since their creation. It should be a given that FF14 is going to have popular features from other games that are currently successful.

    I'd dare say it was because it didn't have some modern features from other games is why it lost a lot of people in the first place. I wasn't looking for an exact FF11 clone when I started playing. I wanted something different that had the same "Final Fantasy feel" to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
    I would think the Armory system is unique enough to set FF14 apart from any other "WoW-clone" out there. No other MMO besides FF11 has allowed you to experience everything on one character, to the best of my knowledge. An FF game is usually known for it's engaging story, good graphics and characteristic unique to its series.

    A lot of these other things being introduced into the game such as vanity slots are just modern conveniences. This whole "copying other games" notion is a dead horse topic at this point. Games have borrowed ideas from other games or other sources since their creation. It should be a given that FF14 is going to have popular features from other games that are currently successful.
    And while it's fantastic that you can change your job on the fly, it doesn't do terribly much for gameplay other than not having to switch out your avatar or go back to a hub to change it out.
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    Out of curiosity, what are the 5-10 biggest MMOs right now, and what are their major selling points that make them different to the rest?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
    And while it's fantastic that you can change your job on the fly, it doesn't do terribly much for gameplay other than not having to switch out your avatar or go back to a hub to change it out.
    Maybe I'm in the vast minority here, but I feel a much greater connection with my one character in one game than having to make multiples to do the exact same things in another. In FF14, I'm Orophin, the multi-talented warrior, mage, armorer, fisherman. In WoW, I'm Adam the Human Warrior who does blacksmithing and mining, Billy the Dwarven Hunter who does engineering and mining, Christina the space goat Paladin who does herbalism and alchemy... and it goes on.

    But then again, I guess I'm one of the few people who doesn't see an MMO just as a loot pinata.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
    I would think the Armory system is unique enough to set FF14 apart from any other "WoW-clone" out there. No other MMO besides FF11 has allowed you to experience everything on one character, to the best of my knowledge. .
    More and more are popping up actually. Eden Eternal has the same system and then some...it's only downfall is it's a pure Buy 2 Win "Free to play" game.
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