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

[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.

[Violyre]

Ability to be any class on one character. At least with that, if I go with my friends and something I could use for an upcoming job drops, I'm on the right character.

There isn't a huge split in the playerbase of people screaming "Alliance!" "Horde!" and how different things affect each faction differently.

There's more added to the story that someone not raiding in statics can attain (Barring Coil). In WoW, you HAVE to do a raid to get story, and even then it's sparse. You also can learn the FULL story with one character, not have to have a raiding character in both factions.

[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.