Get away from our game!

[Ayuhra]

To give honest input about the Great WoW Exodus, there's this: People who stick through the MSQ story into Heavensward will be the ones that adapted to FFXIV being much more story based.

I actually joined this game on a lark, as I am sure some of my fellow Azerothians have. I tooled around on the trial and realized I wanted to play this more than I did WoW. So I moved here full time as my new MMO.

FFXIV seems less polished to me. The long global cooldown takes many Azerothians (WoW players) by surprise and it takes a very long time to adapt to. The user interface is clunky. The server-dictated live state can make this game unforgiving with a crappy internet connection.

And yet...

What I saw here was something we haven't seen in WoW for over a year: Effort! Real, genuine effort! Someone somewhere loves this baby.

I could go on and on about what's turning people away from WoW of late but the abridged version is this: Activision owns Blizzard and has turned the big cash cow into a massive Skinner Box. WoD is very clearly built around operant conditioning and not much else. Lots of players have been comparing it to an iPad game and they aren't wrong. iPad games make a ton of money in today's market and ActiBlizz obviously wanted to use their tricks to keep people logging in. To a degree they succeeded since WoD was indeed compelling. It compelled you to play. It was not at all engaging, however. Many veteran players are realizing there is no art in it anymore, so some leave and some stay because better the devil you know.

FFXIV is engaging. For all the faults I see in it that aspect of it blows modern WoW out of the water. The characters, world, story, content, all feels meaningful in a way nothing in WoD does. So for now, at least, we can be expecting WoW players to come here. Do not expect them all to be jerks or want the game to be made shallow. Some might but lots of them are here because it's different and has the art and love behind it that their game used to have.

TL; DR Moral of the story: WoW players are coming but they don't want to make this game into the one they just left. They want something different to remind them what fun is.

[Whitemare]

TL; DR Moral of the story: WoW players are coming but they don't want to make this game into the one they just left. They want something different to remind them what fun is.

I left WoW because they killed everything in the game that I loved. First they 'updated' the charcter models, which resulted in case of male Bloodelves in turning them into hulking beefcakes with cavemen faces. So the only option for having a somewhat handsome male character was gone. In wow I had a lot of passion going for transmog (like glamour system in ffxiv) but who cares about the clothes if the character itself looks horrible :C

But besides this the expac is still horrid. Basically you stay isolated in your garrison and wait for the next raid to beginn. Meanwhile you can play around with your selfie cam (no kidding) and ingame twitter integration.
And the worst is the fact that the company still acts douchy towards their customers, even if they are leaving like rats leave a sinking ship. I am one of these rats and I regret nothing about leaving wow just to find out that there is this pearl of a game. FFXIV has everything I missed in WoW.I had forgotten that quests can be fun and interesting! I had forgotten how important in a mmoRPG it is to feel connected with your charcter! I had forgotten that there is more than just loot and raiding!
Thank you FFXIV from the bottom of my heart!

I love the game. I love my charcter. Every now and then I just stand around (while I should go on and quest some more because I want to have such a cool astro shiny sparkly globe T___T) and look at things. At the buildings, the world around me, other characters. I enjoy taking screenshots. I enjoy all these lovely details. Like you have a button for your character to look in your direction. A pet that will lighten you and disappears if you hidet he UI. There is so much well thought things that you will only put in a game if you love it. Blizzard doesn't .. SE does.

Sorry for wall of text but emotion is going on ^^°
And OP you tell me I should leave ?
Uhm... how about NO !

[Delily]

But besides this the expac is still horrid. Basically you stay isolated in your garrison and wait for the next raid to beginn. Meanwhile you can play around with your selfie cam (no kidding) and ingame twitter integration.


I love the game. I love my charcter. Every now and then I just stand around (while I should go on and quest some more because I want to have such a cool astro shiny sparkly globe T___T) and look at things. At the buildings, the world around me, other characters. I enjoy taking screenshots. I enjoy all these lovely details. Like you have a button for your character to look in your direction. A pet that will lighten you and disappears if you hidet he UI. There is so much well thought things that you will only put in a game if you love it. Blizzard doesn't .. SE does.

Sorry for wall of text but emotion is going on ^^°
And OP you tell me I should leave ?
Uhm... how about NO !

The bold part is what killed WoW for me. Blizzard gets credit for thrusting MMOs into popular culture and moving them away from the niche market, but they've never been consistent with lore, and they tend to bring elements from popular culture into the game. Hilton Paris, to me, is the reference example. It's not a bad thing per say. The NA SE team did reference Sharknado in the tooltip for a fish. However, it's clever reference you can chuckle at once, where as Blizzard's additions are more in your face, and they really cheapen the experience, turning Azeroth (for me) into less of a brutal environment and more into a playground.

FFXIV has it's warts (every game does), but it's clear the story is king, the lore is far more consistent, and SE does pay attention to detail.

[Averax]

TL; DR Moral of the story: WoW players are coming but they don't want to make this game into the one they just left. They want something different to remind them what fun is.

This whole damn post. This.

I left WoW because they killed everything in the game that I loved. First they 'updated' the charcter models, which resulted in case of male Bloodelves in turning them into hulking beefcakes with cavemen faces. So the only option for having a somewhat handsome male character was gone. In wow I had a lot of passion going for transmog (like glamour system in ffxiv) but who cares about the clothes if the character itself looks horrible :C

You could turn those off, you know.