whats wrong with wow?

[Felina]

Kira...I agree with you 100%. I've played WOW for 2 years and the Politics....Well... It was never ending. Changes in the way classes were designed were constant. People complainig about how one specific class was too powerful. Then the next thing you know..Wow would then weaken that class and make others more powerful. And the Politics would start again but on the more powerful classes. That was just one of many issues and the crying just never ended.

Well I lived in Japan for several years and got to know Final Fantasy in it's infancy. This was in the early 1990's. The game then was console driven and I couldn't read the Congi but the game was explained by friends and gained my interest. When I moved Downunder (Aus) FFVII was released in English and I finally got to play. "It was great." From 7 -14 I've been a Full Fledged Fan. This game may have it's issues to the impatient ones but this game in my opinion is Great and I will stick with it. Let's just hope it doesn't get like WOW.

[Zaene]

Having played both FFXI and WoW for extended periods of time. Both games have pros and cons. Making any definitive statements about the "horribadness" of one game or another simply states the level of intellect various players have. The simply fact of the matter is, both games have succeeded to some extent and thus have redeeming qualities.

I vehemently disagree with Kilta's stance that the creation of WoW created a Pandora's Box and all these "terrible players" were released into a world full of candy and roses.

If the concept you are advocating can be explained in its entirety in an extremely brief manner it most likely is extremely stylized.

[Malakhim]

..."horribadness"...

I believe that according to the Jeff Cannata vernacular, the word you're looking for is "terribad", which is the antonym of "fantasgreat", good sir.

That being said, this thread seems to have gone off the deep end. If WoW has any good features, like any other MMO, the devs on FFXIV should definitely look into it, and think about ways to incorporate it that make sense and work with Final Fantasy. I'm pretty sure the base aesthetic of the FFXIV UI is a product of this idea, with the the ability to move everything around, a (good)minimap and an action bar, etc.

[Molly_Millions]

Here's what I didn't like about WoW, make of it what you will.

1. no ability to use a controller
2. graphics style that makes me want to barf
3. quests feel like shopping lists
4. a community filled with assholes and elitists (at least on icecrown)

[Paksenarrion]

Does everyone realize this will be a never ending thread of rants, arguments and debates?

[Jinko]

Asking that Question here is asking for trouble.