Why do you guys like this game more than WoW (assuming you do)? Just curious...thanx

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Why do you guys like this game more than WoW (assuming you do)? Just curious...thanx

There are many things I like about this game more than Wow but I will touch on a major one that is not negotiable and effects all my other choices in a game. For me, Wow has never even been an option because of the graphics and character design. Those things make or break a game for me no matter how great the other content is so that has kept me from considering the other things that Wow may or may not have to offer me.

[TheMoonflow]

I love both but WoW feels very lifeless to me now, and like it's stuck in the stone age.
They gave me 7 days free game time so I logged on to check out their pre-expansion event.
It was literally just " go kill 10 ogre's"

[Enkidoh]

I played WoW once years ago for about an hour... and frankly, it left me wondering exactly why that game had 9 million subscribers and was regarded as the pinnacle of MMO design. It bored me to tears. I didn't feel like there was an epic storyline grabbing me into the world, unlike FFXIV or even FFXI, which I admit, is the main reason I play RPGs, especially the FF series (I guess that's also the reason I prefer JRPGs to WRPGs - they usually have a greater emphasis on story instead of personal character building).

And that doesn't even mention the ugly graphics (FFXI's 13-year old PS2 graphics are light years better than WoW, and that's saying something!), the awful customer service from Blizzard, and the utterly terrible player community. This is not a 'drag WoW's name through the mud' rant though - I just feel FFXIV ARR is a far superior game in every way.

Or maybe I'm just biased, being a FF fangirl and all (and a Legacy member too).

[Garlyle]

For why I dislike WoW, Warcraft as a thing is pretty much Generic Western Fantasy. Suffice to say, I find it hard to find interest in those settings - I find Lord of the Rings boring, I find Forgotten Realms generally boring, and Warcraft is only about a shade away. And for a genre where you're supposed to dive in and immerse yourself in the world for days worth of time, a setting I'm not interested in means a game I'm not interested in.

[Lord_Zlatan]

For why I dislike WoW, Warcraft as a thing is pretty much Generic Western Fantasy. Suffice to say, I find it hard to find interest in those settings - I find Lord of the Rings boring, I find Forgotten Realms generally boring, and Warcraft is only about a shade away. And for a genre where you're supposed to dive in and immerse yourself in the world for days worth of time, a setting I'm not interested in means a game I'm not interested in.

Final fantasy often took the place of friends and family for me [mostly by choice^^] and was what i grew up with... characters that de elop, characters that you feel.

Hear, think, feel. .

That's what it's all about with FF and they captured that immensely in this game.

Wow was just as someone else said... u control ur character... u are not being your character

[Fiever]

For why I dislike WoW, Warcraft as a thing is pretty much Generic Western Fantasy. Suffice to say, I find it hard to find interest in those settings - I find Lord of the Rings boring, I find Forgotten Realms generally boring, and Warcraft is only about a shade away. And for a genre where you're supposed to dive in and immerse yourself in the world for days worth of time, a setting I'm not interested in means a game I'm not interested in.

Generic Western Fantasy? no. That would be ESO, LotRO, ect.
Though I do find it stretched super thin in terms of enjoyment.

Probably for me though is
1. Controller works great
2. All classes 1 character. Though I will still have my alts for whatever lol.

[Gelesto]

FFXIV has more than 1 patch a year.

[Teirafon]

I will always be a Final Fantasy fan. WoW just doesnt do it for me. I dont like the cartoony graphics.

[Ryuko]

The only thing I think WoW seems to do better is PvP, but you have to remember that WoW has been around for a decade, so they had a lot of time to 'get it right' regarding that area of gameplay. Still, some complain that it is stale because it has (mostly) remained the same for so long. The biggest hurdle FFXIV faces in PvP is the lag of abilities. The overall class balance is nice... they just need to figure out how to reduce the delay even more than they already did the first time. I hope they come out with more large-scale PvP activities, and more incentives to do them (queues are discouraging). I *DO* like that FFXIV has three separate PvP factions. It makes things interesting.

Anyway, what I LOVE about FFXIV compared to other MMOs... The story. It really drags me in. I'm not often a fan of "You are the one hero and must save the world" stories -- I prefer a more relatable scenario, but FFXIV seems to do this one well, because it incorporates the fact that there are other Warriors of Light. It is downright impressive that SE comes out with a new, unique, produced song for every primal (although I wish they'd get a little more creative with coil songs... the same default song for a year is getting pretty rough).

As far as other things... weekly caps and lockouts, etc. That is pretty standard across many MMOs, FFXIV and WoW included, so that's really not a point of reference. And finally, the FF community, to me, has always been more friendly and familial than WoW. I'm not saying there aren't mean FFXIV players or nice WoW players, but my experience has been the way it is, and I suppose I'm a little biased because of my 'rose tinted glasses' memories from FFXI.

[Kewitt]

For me it's story telling. Ya there is a story in WOW but almost no CS, Read this and that. But almost no CS.

I played 1/2 way through BC and stop.
Cartoon graphic is a big thing.

That being said I did love how the world was all connected without zones everywhere.