Thread: It's a week after 2.1

You can't really compare the content of a game that's been out for four months to games that have been out for almost ten years.

Everybody compares the level of endgame content from any new MMO to World of Warcraft, and it will always, inevitably come up lacking. WoW has had nearly a decade to build content up. It has an absolutely astonishing budget behind it to build content with. Of course it has more content than a game that's four months old and being built on a shoestring budget.

(Yes, this game is four months old. It is a totally different game than 1.0.)

Yes, you cannot compare the content of FF14 and WoW at face value because of the life span difference. But what of the content per patch?

For example in a single patch WoW was able to release gigantic raids such as ICC and Ulduar each with multiple raid wings, with each raid wing having as much bosses as the whole of Coil. And that is not to mention each boss had a hard mode that changed the fight completely. And you can't even say quality over quantity as well since Mimiron firefighter alone was more complex and challenging than anything in this game.

So far FF14 seems to be releasing content that is on par with Trial of the Crusader raids. The 5 boss fights in a room was generally regarded as the laziest of Blizzard patches, something that seems like the norm here.

I'm having a blast, plenty to do but then again I only play about 3 hours a day. Sounds like the original poster if this threat needs to play some others games, go to gym, get a girlfriend or just do some other things if they are bored.

3 hours a day and I'm not bored at all but I also do other stuff

Just saying lol

OP, you've won the game, congratulations!

Need to get outta the basement bro, have some eggnog, turkey, ham etc.. it's the holidays

Originally Posted by HealBus

Yes, you cannot compare the content of FF14 and WoW at face value because of the life span difference. But what of the content per patch?

For example in a single patch WoW was able to release gigantic raids such as ICC and Ulduar each with multiple raid wings, with each raid wing having as much bosses as the whole of Coil. And that is not to mention each boss had a hard mode that changed the fight completely. And you can't even say quality over quantity as well since Mimiron firefighter alone was more complex and challenging than anything in this game.

So far FF14 seems to be releasing content that is on par with Trial of the Crusader raids. The 5 boss fights in a room was generally regarded as the laziest of Blizzard patches, something that seems like the norm here.

WoW has a subscriber base that is far, far larger than XIV's, and the budget to match it. Moreover, it also is very much a "routine" at this point for Blizzard's developers; they've had huge, huge amounts of experience cranking out content, and have it down to a science. FFXIV is still finding its footing.

I try not to mindlessly defend SE as a general rule, given that the game does have several issues that need resolving, but this is not one of them. Comparing FFXIV to WoW in virtually any capacity is ridiculously foolish. It's worse than apples to oranges.

Finally, @OP - if you're playing enough to have full Darklight for all jobs, Relics for every class, level 50-all, etc. etc., then you're going to have a hard time finding any new MMO that will occupy you. Picking up a title that's a couple years old or more will prove to be a far better choice. There's not a development team in the world that can create content as quickly as you can play through it if you're spending that much time online.

2.1 gave us a large amount of content for being a patch not an expansion pack.

Originally Posted by EmSix

Content I'm prevented from doing, not don't feel like doing. I have every relic, every piece of darklight in the game, if I could do the same with i80/i90 I would happily. I cannot.
Also - Grinding gear isn't content, it's just grinding, content is the raids/events themselves, not the obtaining of gear.

people are so confused to think grinding gear is content, when the actual fights & raids are the content. gear is just the consumable reward.