Started playing another MMO: what I feel FF14 lacks in regards to uniting a community

[RiyahArp]

What's odd is that the mi'qote are really still the same as the mithra; they are a mostly female race with a small amount of males in it. The men seem to be the leaders, but they still are very rare as a presence in the game, and it feels like the ones we meet mostly exist out of the actual mi'qote tribes. The U tribe is still mostly women. Its just this time you can play as them.

As for community, you don;t have it because WoW is a crappy game and trained MMO people to do everything solo. That's really it, FFXIV just copied it and inherited most of its problems in the same way FFXI copied old-style EQ and inherited that game's problems too. Probably the only unique thing would be that FFXIV has no real long term gameplay for above 8 players.

[Kazrah]

Probably the only unique thing would be that FFXIV has no real long term gameplay for above 8 players.

I wouldn't say long-term gameplay so much as heavier gameplay. 24-player content is still a thing, and I tend to find it more fun since the chaos of having 24 players in a raid compared to just eight means that you can use far simpler mechanics and it can be almost as challenging.

[Kisagami]

I want to follow up on the shortcomings that come from 4.2 that made GW2 the focus of my freetime:

1. The Transmog/Glamour system is so much simpler.
Their transmog system has a huge wardobe - anything you’ve worn or unlocked (with a right click: add to wardrobe) is placed in a library of items you’ve worn in the past. If you don’t have the item on hand to wear, (as the glamour system only account bounds the item), you can earn the transmog crystals from clearing maps or buy a bulk of them rather inexpensively from their cash shop.

2. RMT-Seller Spam was eliminated by allowing their Gem Store/Mogstation currency to be exchanged for gold. Players, not RMT-Sellers, can sell their excess gold or gems to other players WITHIN the game, thus near eliminating the urge for people to buy gold, and, or currency from third parties/

3. Updates in Guild Wars 2 do not take down the servers. You have 1-3 hours from the time a new build is released to exit out and update your your client.

4. NO MACRO SOUND EFFECTS - people can’t harass me into obeying their commands by blaring annoying sounds into my client. I am very irritated 4.2 did not come up with options to turn off this feature on my client.