Strike while the iron is hot Square!

[Fendred]

It was Cataclysm that was the nail in the coffin for me. Wrath dug the grave though.

Yeah, it was. They tried to do something interesting by revamping the old areas, but in the process they couldn't preserve the leveling experience, the story went completely south, and end game required a much needed revamp to re-energize the community's interest in raiding that simply never showed up.

On a side note, it is a problem if this game can't hold a WoW player, because WoW players make up the vast majority of the player base in the MMORPG market. Practically the entire MMORPG market has played WoW at some point, and if WoW can't keep them, then what hope does FFXIV's end game have for holding their interest by doing the exact same thing (lockouts, only strat = tank and spank, etc)?

FFXIV shouldn't be aspiring to be World of Warcraft. It needs to aspire to be anything, but World of Warcraft. It should be aspiring to be a good multiplayer Final Fantasy Game revolving around group tactics that let different combinations of jobs tackle encounters in unique and interesting ways.

[Issac]

With the announcement of the new WoW expansion release date, many players are unsubscribing, mostly because it has been over a year since the last content update and they now have to wait ANOTHER 3 months.

Now would be a good time to advertise just how often content is added here, just saying.

Actually... I think the game will be more enjoyable when the people drawn by the WoW expansion leave.
Just saying.

*holds up flame-retardant shield, cackling maniacally*

[Ashkendor]

With the announcement of the new WoW expansion release date, many players are unsubscribing, mostly because it has been over a year since the last content update and they now have to wait ANOTHER 3 months.

Now would be a good time to advertise just how often content is added here, just saying.

Your post was kind of worded in a confusing way. At first I thought you were saying that ARR was suddenly losing players due to WoW announcing a content release. o.O

[PixelPirate]

You post confuses me.

[Roris]

Watch them do it by delaying 2.4 until November 13th.

[HeroSamson]

With the announcement of the new WoW expansion release date, many players are unsubscribing, mostly because it has been over a year since the last content update and they now have to wait ANOTHER 3 months.

Now would be a good time to advertise just how often content is added here, just saying.

I heard different.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/wow/why-worl...lizzard-fix-it

Even with the expansion they aren't gonna win anyone, the fact is they give people levels on jobs when you buy the game, there is no more trying to level its handed to you.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...7-million.aspx

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/...on-Subscribers

[HeroSamson]

also blizzard isn't worried about WoW anymore, they care about the new MMO they are trying to make.

[Baneus]

Yes, Blizzard will continue to lose subs. No, they will not ever get a net gain of subs ever again (my personal opinion is that it wil plateau at roughly 4 million, still ahead of the competition). For the same reason, there will not be a MMO that will peak at WoW highest level of subs for the foreseeable future. The days of a single mega-MMO are done, and there was only ever a single MMO to wear that crown. Too much competition, and a jaded existing worldwide playerbase means that any MMO that gets WoW players is simply going to inherit a transient population that is never happy about anything and will always move onto "the next big thing" the second they get bored. Welcome to the world of Mature MMOs, boys and girls. The glory days are gone. They're not coming back.

[Gilraen]

I personally think Square shouldn't look at what other MMOs are doing, much less WoW. This is how alot of MMOs fail, they KEEP looking at what other MMOs are doing and try to do something better instead of just doing something different or keeping up what they were doing in the first place. Square is known for it's stories, even the current event has a story if you bother to read the text (and wow is it a story). Sure, they've taken a few mechanics from other games but not to the same degree as other, now extinct, MMOs. Square just needs to keep doing what it's doing, not 'chase the rabbit' like the originator seems to think is necessary.

[DuelingPokemon]

But I gave up my WoW addiction a year ago! My FFXIV rehab saw to that. D: