I logged back onto the game and uninstalled the same night

[VelKallor]

FF14 does not have a toybox

it has games in the Inn..oh lets not forget that those toys you mention? are handed out by Blizzard, and then either crippled or NERFED beyond repair afterward , citing "unexpected issues"...that apparently they didnt test for beforehand??

it doesn't have pet battles

Lord of Verminion?

achievements are simply far worse and the minion/mount tab badly needs an update.

Dont see an issue with it at all. The achievements are fine as is, you get new titles and cosmetic items / glam items as you go.

The nail in the coffin with WoW was when they added the 30th renamed rat or snake pet and when they started removing massive chunks of content once they were no longer current.

They've been doing that for ages long before you noticed..Battle for Undercity anyone? Blizzard hasnt just "removed" content they used a CHAINSAW and hacked huge swathes of it out for no reason. Oh and lets not forget one very recent one....Ordos and the Cloak. Oh that was a real treat, being told by all the Blizz staff that "you can do Ordos afterwards without the cloak"..and then people finding out that they were being ported aout and what did Blizzard say?

Oh "we changed our minds so those who have the cloak can feel speshul"...and with the ENTIRE CLOAK questline gone, no one who wasnt in that expac will ever see or do Ordos.

I left WOW because I was sick to death of being lied to. Repeatedly. And even if they say 'they didnt lie they never make promises"..the time to tell people that was BEFORE the patch, not after. The takeway from that was this "Blizzard cant and wont be held to their word, can and will change their mind at any time. Dont like it? Too bad"

Karabor and Bladespire, replaced with Camp Copypasta and Fort Zug Zug. Blizzard as it is cant be trusted. Ever.

I appreciate that ff14 doesn't do that, the only thing I dislike is their habit of moving past event items to the cash shop, which means a new player is going to have to pay cash to fill out a collection.

About that.

Many of these items come up again at a later stage when the event is rerun, the cash shop is for those who may have missed out on event items. They dont HAVE to buy them as many of them are cosmetic items anyway...or are reused or available elsewhere later.

NB: The car from the FF 15 crossover isnt in the cash shop...which says that event will recur at a later time.

[Kes13a]

They've been doing that for ages long before you noticed..Battle for Undercity anyone? Blizzard hasnt just "removed" content they used a CHAINSAW and hacked huge swathes of it out for no reason. Oh and lets not forget one very recent one....Ordos and the Cloak. Oh that was a real treat, being told by all the Blizz staff that "you can do Ordos afterwards without the cloak"..and then people finding out that they were being ported aout and what did Blizzard say?

Oh "we changed our minds so those who have the cloak can feel speshul"...and with the ENTIRE CLOAK questline gone, no one who wasnt in that expac will ever see or do Ordos.

I left WOW because I was sick to death of being lied to. Repeatedly. And even if they say 'they didnt lie they never make promises"..the time to tell people that was BEFORE the patch, not after. The takeway from that was this "Blizzard cant and wont be held to their word, can and will change their mind at any time. Dont like it? Too bad"

Karabor and Bladespire, replaced with Camp Copypasta and Fort Zug Zug. Blizzard as it is cant be trusted. Ever.

cannot agree with your post more than once, but I would, especially about Blizzard

Blizzard stopped putting in the effort to earn my money years ago, and finally had had enough. plus, I found no part of it fun any more.

FFxiv, in my opinion, still tries to earn my money. they succeed, they fail, thats life, but either way, they make it enjoyable and I appreciate that, and can always find things I havent touched yet.

[Liam_Harper]

Lord of Verminion?

...Seriously, Verminion?

Your post is basically "your opinion is wrong" but opinions are exactly that and if I enjoyed WoW's system more back in the past then I personally enjoyed it more. Verminion is really scraping out the barrel though (which sort of proves my point) and I don't see why you bother, if there are things in FF14 that could be done better why stifle that feedback?

The achievement system in ff14 has rewards, but there's much less milestone achievements, no dungeon or raid meta achievements where you can go back and clear them in interesting ways, no achievements where you have fun. Just "clear X" participation achievements or ridiculously insane repetitive grinds. No creativity. They're also far less visible.
The achievement system might be "fine", but that doesn't mean it can't be greatly improved.

The Inn toybox is also really scraping the barrel. I think most of us forget it exists. Even if Blizzard ended up nerfing half their toys, it was a great idea before they ruined it and they literally had hundreds of them. It was fun.

As for WoW removing things for ages, I certainly noticed it and like I said the examples I gave were simply the last straw and final nail in the coffin. I absolutely hated their FOMO tactics to try and force players to stay subbed. It had the opposite effect and drove me away instead.
Events in FF14 irk me because not all the rewards come back (and they should) but it's a minor thing compared to the nonsense Blizzard pulled.

[VelKallor]

no achievements where you have fun.

Go back and look again. I cans ee several that fit that category

"My body is a temple"

"Dress like a Pirate Day"

"A Mummer in Motley"

The sightsee achieves are a serious challenge as well as fun, some of the puzzles to get these are a blast ( I am still working on THAT one in Kugane ). Try getting all the ones for ARR. If that isnt fun i dont know what is..not to mention bragging rights on St Crispin's Day.

..theres loads to do.

WoW transmogs are mostly ugly af and can't be dyed

THIS. 10000 times this.

[ElysiumDragon]

.1 patches are usually quiet, especially as we don't have Tribal Quests for another 2 weeks. Things'll pick up with .2 (maybe .25), when the new relic questline starts and the ShB relics are nerfed to the point of not being too difficult.

I do agree though that expansions being back-heavy in terms of content is annoying, and that .1 patches could probably be a bit spicier.

[Greyhawk]

I think I am more curious why you keep installing and uninstalling the game.

[Raoabolic]

I think I am more curious why you keep installing and uninstalling the game.

*stares at Morrowind*
*sweats profusely*

[Eclair_Xysha]

I'm unsure how people say there's nothing to do when there's a lot. A LOT. I have subbed since wwr of ARR. Even if I'm busy with life, I still find myself logging in to do things and catch up.

[Silverbane]

After finishing the 6.1 content we were interested in, my spouse and I created new characters and restarted the game from scratch, taking our time.
We're just finishing Heavenward now and are enjoying seeing all the parts of the story we either rushed through before or simply forgot.
And the fact that our new characters have "older sisters" to lavish gil and gear on them doesn't hurt.