The difference between WoW and FF14

[Snowdove]

So finally made it to level 50 and that "raid". The one called "bard"-something-or-other. Full party.

What struck me was the massive difference between WoW and FF14.

Due to not knowing the fight and my horrendous latency (1000+ms), I died...a lot.

Not one single person flamed me, or told me to "get gud", or uninstall, or anything like that.

Actually, they just kept throwing rezzes at me.

What a HUGE difference between that experience and the experience I'd have under the same circumstances in WoW. It's actually amazing.


I just wish FF14 wasn't so quiet! I do miss the world chat WoW has. FF14 is very lonely. I don't play very much because I feel so alone in the world. I liked the world chat because, even when not participating, it made the world seem so much more alive. The chat was entertaining as much as the gameplay was.

[Krokov]

We do have the linkshells (server and cross world) which is the equivalent of world chat, but I know what you mean. It can vary you might get in and have as you said a quiet experience or you might have a talkative one. Good to hear you had a nice raid time.

[Nuna]

People are very report heavy in this game, so most people only use guild chats (free company) and linkshell chats. If those people had anything negative to say to you, they were keeping it to those chats probably. Shout chat would probably be used more, but this game is full of tattlers tbh. You can be warned for instance just by simply swearing, it doesn't have to be towards anyone. Which is silly since we have a chat filter, but meh.

[Enkidoh]

Hmm, the only thing with 'Bard' in it is a level 65ish dungeon of the Stormblood expansion called Bardem's Mettle, and that was not too much trouble when I ran it.

Are you sure it wasn't Binding Coil of Bahamut you were doing? As that was the level 50 raid (and the Second and Final Coils as well), that was once the 'end game' for FFXIV. It's nice to hear you were treated kindly. It shows our community is actually very compassionate, despite what is often said.

If you want something like a 'world chat', go to Ul'dah as on Balmung that is the 'hub' for RPers and just people that want to talk, and thus you'll find people chatting randomly in /shout (there are other places too like that such as Kugane and Eulmore but they're higher level that you wouldn't have access to at the moment). It's why finding friends to play with or just talk to is so important in this game, so I'd suggest looking for a social FC or ls to join as they'd be more likely to just want to chat about stuff.

Anyway, keep enjoying Eorzea!

[ElazulHP]

The "git gud" crowd exists here too. It's just you're less likely to see any complaints or people harassing you for two reasons. (1) Harassment is punishable by banning if reported & (2) Most of the people like that are end game. So the most recent Raid, Savage, or EX content you'll be much more likely to run across someone like that. Most will still just silently leave though instead of mouthing off because they're afraid of getting banned.

[Ruinfeild]

You are on Balmung. If you want some of that good ol shout chat go to Ul'dah. All we need is good ol Ul'dah shout chat.

[Crasherino]

I just wish FF14 wasn't so quiet! I do miss the world chat WoW has. FF14 is very lonely. I don't play very much because I feel so alone in the world. I liked the world chat because, even when not participating, it made the world seem so much more alive. The chat was entertaining as much as the gameplay was.

Absolutally agree shamefully, I miss playing an MMO that has an active world chat that I can occasionally join in on, it's bad enough that FF14 is a very solo heavy game, it bugs me that there's little reason to actually play with friends or a guild/fc unless it's for pre-made groups required for the hardest instances in the game, which even then are only run so much in a given week, whereas I still remember playing games like perfect world and more recent GW2 where it could be genuinly beneficial to go in with a group from your guild while talking through it to make it much more efficient, which also helped bondings within a guild, something that doesn't really happen much in this game unless you're fortunate enough to find a very active bunch within the guild that are talking and going in discord voice or something.

[Enla]

You are on Balmung. If you want some of that good ol shout chat go to Ul'dah. All we need is good ol Ul'dah shout chat.

Jokes aside, Ul'dah shout chat on Balmung basically is our general chat. Handle it with care and bring the brain bleach.

[Katro]

If your talking about lvl 50 raid it joke now wait get current content this game has just toxic crowd just like wow all game do really wow xiv eso toxic crowd are everywhere no matter the game

[swiss_Momo]

I was expecting some joke about not having to sit in a queue for hours only to the wait in a line tbh