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

[Scruffyx]

-Better storyline
-More interactive combat system
-Only need 1 character to play all classes
-Better graphics and music
-More mature community
-Could be wrong, but I feel like theres soooo much more to do in XIV
-It's Final Fantasy (a franchise I love)

[Anapingofness]

For me it has to be the story telling. I play games for the story and the world. If the game cannot deliver then I don't want to bother with it.

When I tried WoW during BC, I remember reading their wiki and then pausing. All of the lore was presented so terribly. It's like I needed a flowchart to just keep track of it all.
When I played XI I never had that problem.
Now, when I play XIV I don't have that problem either. I love that the story is presented well and it is very engaging.

I like that I matter to the world. I'm not simply one of many- as it is in WoW, I'm the Warrior of Light yo! I remember sticking around for WoTL and the "cs" for Death Knight (or whatev) and literally... I carried the flag. That was it. It's so underwhelming! D:<

Also, the fact that there is no open world PvP is a HUGE in my book.
If XIV had open world PvP I wouldn't be playing XIV right now. It's why I'll probably never try AA.
It was a nightmare in WoW having to constantly deal with ganking while leveling up.
Not all MMOs have to have PvP in it, and certainly they don't have to have open world PvP.

Then there are the rather pretty graphics, soundtrack, memorable NPCs, combat, the 1 character to rule them all, a certain degree of maturity~
I just wish that SE would fix some of the glaring clipping issues and give us back our butts. Then we'd be golden XD!

[Xatsh]

Why I like this better then WoW.

Graphics
Music
Theme
Chocobos I guess
Potential for longer relevant life. The game is newer so it is a better investment of my time then going back into a decade old game.

Outside that this game is the WoW experience but with a FF skin. All the good and all the horrifically bad at the same time.

[Jaykos]

Better graphics
Casual pve content
Regular patches
Armoury system

What wow does right is pvp, open world pvp, character responsiveness/battle mechanics, massive world, more classes, community (I like the trolling and hating but that's me)

I'm not a wow hater there's many things done extremely well in wow.

[Leowilde]

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

I like the look of the characters and the world better here; it's somewhere in between raibow fantasy and gritty realism, leaving just enough to satisfy both the fantasy -and the realism craving. WoW was more on the gigantic male torsos, tacky robes and purple fantasy-side. I also like the lore, the slightly pun-filled and somewhat borderline NPC dialogue and the outfit designs - although I admit, they seem to slowly climb towards more rainbow and glow... :/

[Kazumac]

Playing WoW feels like playing a game created 10 years ago... while its been polished, updated, etc. for me it still feels like something I've already played enough.

FFXIV is new and fresher and feels that way (despite not really breaking the mold).

It's kinda funny but playing FFXIV over the last year has given me a similar feeling to playing wow back in 2004 - 2005. (A new exciting world to explore, etc) That and I like the graphical style and art more.

[MrSigy]

It's kinda funny but playing FFXIV over the last year has given me a similar feeling to playing wow back in 2004 - 2005. (A new exciting world to explore, etc) That and I like the graphical style and art more.

Same thoughts, the only thing that really does frustrate me is that I still cannot bloody swim

[Ramen]

better graphic
better system
better music
super friendly dev team
lots detail everywhere in the game

[The_Last_Dragoon]

I do believe that the moment they allowed players to "purchase" their lv90 characters was the moment that I decided the game wasn't worth coming back to. Mists of Pandaria lured me back with the Monk class which is what me and my guildies predicted back in WotLK, and new things are always enticing, but it's not right to belittle people who put in the hours to level their characters by allowing players to basically "pay to win".

[Seif]

Visual design honestly.

WoW has too much pop culture referencing and the look of the world feels too pieced together for me.
XIV just has better art direction imo. Especially 2.0 when Akihiko Yoshida stepped down from his AD job of 1.0.