Risk Factor. Can I have it?

[Rokien]

It is what it is, let it be FFXIV. I don't really care what "thousands" of other people wanted, SE didn't want to do that and Yoshida isn't pushing it in that direction either. They've decided on their target audience, I don't see that changing anytime soon or ever. Honestly initially the thought of this game being like FFXI made me not want to even try it, I tried FFXI and wasn't a big fan. I know I'm not alone in that one. Not only that but I know a lot of people who are glad FFXIV is going the way it is because they simply don't have the same amount of time to put into the game as they did back when FFXI was out.

Games are "copying" WoW because WoW set a lot of standards for the MMO genre and with good reason. Some of these things are becoming standards because they're good. Just because a game uses something WoW did doesn't mean it's trying to be exactly like WoW, it's just trying to keep up with the times. Maybe you should open your eyes a little bit.

I did not like anything that WoW had....... tons of instances? NOPE! really solo friendly? NOPE! fast leveling? NOPE! Their ah system? NOPE! Their graphics? LOL! Their characters? LOL! How they told most of the lore/story on a website!? LOL! All the tank and spank!? LOL! The terrible pvp? LOL The quest grinding? NOPE!

I can keep going, I don't see any good standard in that crappy game. Just because a game has mass casuals, doesn't make it good. Just take a look at Naruto and compare that to a good anime. The mass loves Naruto, does that make it a good anime? No, its a terrible low quality anime.

[Arcell]

I did not like anything that WoW had....... tons of instances? NOPE! really solo friendly? NOPE! fast leveling? NOPE! Their ah system? NOPE! Their graphics? LOL! Their characters? LOL! How they told most of the lore/story on a website!? LOL! All the tank and spank!? LOL! The terrible pvp? LOL The quest grinding? NOPE!

I can keep going, I don't see any good standard in that crappy game. Just because a game has mass casuals, doesn't make it good. Just take a look at Naruto and compare that to a good anime. The mass loves Naruto, does that make it a good anime? No, its a terrible low quality anime.

All your opinions, I mean even with so many casuals it has millions of subscribers so it must be doing SOMETHING right. When games become popular it's usually for a reason and at that point their gameplay starts to set standards in the genre. You may not like them but just because a genre follows certain trends doesn't mean it's a clone of another game. It's just trying to keep up. If you want to get anywhere you have to be competitive.

Honestly though I'm really not worried about them making the game more like FFXI. They've had dozens of chances to do exactly that and they haven't. Yoshida has made no indication of them taking the game in that direction and honestly if he hasn't by now they probably won't. So I say again, if you are really expecting the game to move in the direction you want, back into the dark ages, you'll be sorely disappointed. You should really look for another game to play because this one definitely isn't going to make you happy.