Anyone Else Getting WOW Cataclysm vibes from SHB?

[Taybat]

I know wow is ffxiv biggest competitor. But why do people feel the need to be like. "this expansion is like this wow thing" you are comparing two different fruits

[Fhaerron]

Great community, BTW

[Mykll]

I was getting some of them flat Earth map vibes...

[Edax]

FFXIV: Crisis on Infinite Hydaelyns

Think the next expansion will take us to The Last or something? A world of eternal darkness overrun with voidsents?

[splinter1545]

I mean, our equivalent of the Cataclysm already happened. Only it was Bahamut screwing up all the aether and thus changing some landscapes, like the nuclear winter going on in Ceorthas.

[CazzT]

No

FFXIV =/= WoW.
Stop comparing both of these games.

Ford =/= Chevy, stop comparing these vehicles
Playstation =/= Xbox, stop comparing these consoles
McDonald's =/= Burger King, stop comparing these fast food places

What a silly thing to say... They're both MMOs, what else are we supposed to use as comparison?

I know wow is ffxiv biggest competitor. But why do people feel the need to be like. "this expansion is like this wow thing" you are comparing two different fruits

They're both MMOs, they aren't different fruits. It's comparing apples to apples.

@OP
Yes, I'm seeing a quite a few changes that are disturbingly similar to Cata. Most especially the skill/spell pruning they did for ShB.

[CazzT]

Then that's fear mongering. You have nothing to go on but a gut feeling and need to yell it from the roof top (or forum) that you think the sky can come down.

You keep saying "fear mongering" I don't think you quite grasp what that is. She isn't trying to scare people away from the game. Bringing up concerns about the direction the game is headed is not "fear mongering", so put the dog whistle down.

[Shougun]

To be honest I had vibes of The White Frost from The Witcher series, an unstoppable force of white (light here, ice/cold in Witcher) that will envelope everything. But I don't think SE took that from them and I wouldn't say SE took this idea from WoW either since we've had elemental calamities in lore described before WoW Cata. Maybe there was some inspirations, as Yoshida has said he's seen some things he liked, but I doubt it's to any level to give WoW full on credit for.

As long as SE is inspired about things that are cool I'm fine with whatever, like we all know they are greatly inspired by ancient history and at least I love that. Still doubt this expansion was a "oh look at Cata", but it wouldn't bother me if Yoshida did say Cata had some influence.

/shrug lol

[Nedkel]

Ford =/= Chevy, stop comparing these vehicles
Playstation =/= Xbox, stop comparing these consoles
McDonald's =/= Burger King, stop comparing these fast food places

What a silly thing to say... They're both MMOs, what else are we supposed to use as a comparison?

I just dont want cursed entitled wow mentality to get into ffxiv.
One should go play wow if he hankers of that game.

[Edax]

One should go play wow if he hankers of that game.

Which I don't or I'd be doing that. Also maybe you shouldn't shill for WoW either.

I just dont want cursed entitled wow mentality to get into ffxiv.

And what are you the Thought Police? Are you going to enforce a mentality onto everyone in the forum?