TERA vs. FFXIV

[Jashynvald]

Okay, where to begin....?

I almost refrained from writing this thread, cause I know ppl reading this are going to make the "grass is always greener on the other side of the hill" analogy. But seriously I love FFXIV and am highly agitated that even I, who put every day and free hour into FFXIV, agree that TERA has better mechanics than FFXIV is even promised to have.

Surprised? Really? Vindictus has been out for a long while now. If it wasn't for the lack of content and interesting systems outside of combat I'd have never left that game. I will be interested to see how TERA goes about utilizing the systems they have in place to adapt that kind of combat flow to an open-world setting (whereas the Vindictus design was based on a linear model).

What is everyone else's view? Do you agree SE still needs to offer more in FFXIV? Aren't you tired of "filler/time wasting" content that doesn't offer extended benefits or a great sense of accomplishment?

TERA is an MMO, just like FFXIV is. Their entire business model built on filler content and Skinner Boxes. The wallpaper and paint job is different and there's some new toys laid out to have fun with but the rate of player consumption cannot keep up with the developer's ability to implement new stuff and PvP is a stagnating Möbius strip of content (birds fly, cows moo, and MMO-players complain about PvP imbalance on top of that).