whats wrong with wow?

[Kira75]

Short answer: There's nothing wrong with WoW. It's just another game. I mean, I'm not a fan, but it seems to get a lot of unjustified hate from people because of all the "WoW clones" out there, even though that's more the fault of other developers and their lack of creativity/surplus of greed than it is WoW's.

That's really a problem with the MMO scene in general: it's too political.

That said, I'm not interested in Square Enix following the beat of WoW's drum. If I wanted to play WoW, I would. But I don't, because games of that type (this includes WoW, EQ, LotRO, Rift, etc.) feel hollow and lifeless to me.

Is FFXIV any better? Maybe, maybe not. I get a better sense of freedom out of it, and as empty and lacking in content as it is, it at least seems a bit more like a world, in my opinion.

I'm not saying SE should totally isolate themselves from looking at what works/doesn't work in the MMO market, but if we want any real progress in the genre, companies are going to have to start thinking for themselves again (and, say what you will about FFXIV's current state, at least it's different).

Well said, I couldn't agree more. One of the greatest things about this game is its uniqueness, take that away and its just another clone with no purpose.

[Ostia]

Well said, I couldn't agree more. One of the greatest things about this game is its uniqueness, take that away and its just another clone with no purpose.

The only thing that's actually different is the armory system....... So much for such an unique game.....

[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.

[Jinko]

Asking that Question here is asking for trouble.