Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
Yoshi-P has actually spoken frequently on the subject of WoW and has expressed the claim that he is a fan of it himself. Recent controversies aside, the game is famous for good reason - it effectively put MMO's on the map in the eyes of mainstream audiences and given that this is a sub-forum mostly comprised of European and American players then one of the most ground breaking MMO's in existence is naturally going to be used where comparisons are concerned.

We can also look to the likes of GW2 and ESO in addition to WoW.

What would you suggest people compare FFXIV to if not those three MMO's? Especially when the lead developer is on record as stating that his team played other MMO's to see what they could take on board as inspiration after 1.0 was deemed a complete failure?
WoW is 100% focused on raiding and Mythic+, everything else is literally irrelevant because all the systems are designed to support those activities, and that's why the game is in the shitter.

Comparing FF14 to WoW is fine, thinking FF14 should aspire to that is utterly moronic because there are probably 50 dead wow clones out there.

Raiding should be something to aspire to, to work towards, not the reason to exist.