Happy Alternatives

[Boblawblah]

Has anyone played ESO? How is it?

Thinking that or going back to GW2 for side MMO fun alongside WOW and FF

I really enjoyed my time with ESO. I go back now and then for a while. I just create alts and play through all the stories over and over again lol. It's fun

That said, right now I started a cyberpunk 2077 run. I'm doing a John Wick build, so pistols/shotguns/assault rifles and maybe a bit of knifing. Fun times

[AnimaAnimus]

Has anyone played ESO? How is it?

Thinking that or going back to GW2 for side MMO fun alongside WOW and FF

If ppl think FFXIV combat is bad, they should really check out ESO combat. It feels so bad it's like they tried to make it as bad as they could on purpose lol. And due to level scaling, you are basically a god strutting around the overworld, and even most dungeon, content. The risks are few and far between to the point you almost have to try to fail to actually fail. So unless you like a no risk game that you can just run around it hitting things without worry, I would avoid. It also has one of the grossest cash shops in the genre.

GW2 or WoW is def a better choice. Unless you can snag ESO for free to try it out for yourself, I would not recommend.

[Mapleine]

For a big online game, I'll likely play War Within. Looks pretty good and Dawntrail scratched zero itches so I actually don't mind playing another MMO in rapid succession.

WoW is a little too sweaty even for me at times in recent years as I like pushing M+, but the wheelbarrow of proper content will be fun and and I greatly appreciate the full fat, inspired design on the healers. Will never get over how silly the phony healing role they're trying to pass off in XIV is.

I've played all past Monster Hunter games so I'm just waiting for Wilds in regards to it. Will continue to blast indie and smaller games out on Steam Deck, too.

[MoofiaBossVal]

I'm going through my backlog of visual novels. Need to finish World End Economica.

Will play the new WoW expansion when it launches in a couple weeks.

[Aurumis]

Gonna try bringing the positive junk out again

Yoshida has commented about playing other games, and encourages players to step away from FFXIV and return later as necessary. We also know Yoshi tried Elden Ring, WoW, EQ, and others. I've seen it said on these forums, often in fact, 'go play something else then.' It's a popular dismissal. I've seen people say that for the quality of content received at the pace we get it we 'might as well' play Genshin Impact, which has no sub by comparison but provides comparable (apparently?) experience and enjoyment.


Please, as always, try to be civil: this isn't an invitation to start flaming other games out of FFXIV pride or vice versa. We have enough friction in the other threads to fuel a fusion reactor as it is.

I know you try to make it positive but, If the dev of the game, aka Yoshi-P, comes from the shadows, to say to his players: "if you don't like it, play other games." ................. it's not making it sound good, we all pay for a subscription, we all dedicated enough hours of our lives to the game to just... be given that as an answer of why the expansion is so bad. The best thing he can say is: "while we fix the problem we ourselves made, I can only ask for your patience and meanwhile I hope you can enjoy other games as much as I do when I am unhappy by the mistakes the devs from one of the games I'm paying every month and that I love dear are adknowledge and working on it, this time, listening"

Any way...

I enjoy playing many games, I went back to Genshin, yes, it's free and even with it's flaws, it's better than what we got in DT. Playing Wuwa and also Love and Deepspace.

Also played lately:

Trails into Reverie
Hades 2
Yakuza like a Dragon
Burnhouse Lane
Unicorn Overlord
Fear and Hunger

[lolnotacat]

Been playing lots of Crusader Kings 3 lately. I even somehow found myself on an RP mod team as a writer.

GW2 or WoW is def a better choice. Unless you can snag ESO for free to try it out for yourself, I would not recommend.

GW2 has pretty fun gameplay but the story is bad. Like the entire thing is Dawntrail tier or worse aside from a few moments. *Salute to Demmi and Tybalt*

[Shinku_Tachi]

I know you try to make it positive but, If the dev of the game, aka Yoshi-P, comes from the shadows, to say to his players: "if you don't like it, play other games." ................. it's not making it sound good, we all pay for a subscription, we all dedicated enough hours of our lives to the game to just... be given that as an answer of why the expansion is so bad. The best thing he can say is: "while we fix the problem we ourselves made, I can only ask for your patience and meanwhile I hope you can enjoy other games as much as I do when I am unhappy by the mistakes the devs from one of the games I'm paying every month and that I love dear are adknowledge and working on it, this time, listening"

Any way...

I enjoy playing many games, I went back to Genshin, yes, it's free and even with it's flaws, it's better than what we got in DT. Playing Wuwa and also Love and Deepspace.

Also played lately:

Trails into Reverie
Hades 2
Yakuza like a Dragon
Burnhouse Lane
Unicorn Overlord
Fear and Hunger

Yakuza (RGG Studio) and Trails love, I love to see it <3

[Avoidy]

Been wanting to reply ff10 a bit lately, but honestly at this point with how messed up the gaming industry is, I've had more fun just working out and going back to school irl to learn new things. Shareholders have made gaming so bad that it's actually made someone as lazy as me turn to self improvement instead.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Has anyone played ESO? How is it?

Thinking that or going back to GW2 for side MMO fun alongside WOW and FF

ESO is decent. Every line is voiced, unlike XIV where it goes in and out. That said, emotionally the stories are just not as strong as XIV, but there are gems here and there.

The combat is floaty and for solo content more braindead than XIV. There was an intro newbie quest where I went afk and the game actually just killed it for me without pressing anything.

I played a lot due to starting an RP guild when Covid first started. Without that group it's not a game I feel is very strong. But, there are worse to play.

[AnimaAnimus]

GW2 has pretty fun gameplay but the story is bad. Like the entire thing is Dawntrail tier or worse aside from a few moments. *Salute to Demmi and Tybalt*

This is just blatantly wrong lol. GW2 writing and story telling isn't great, that I will give you. But comparing it to and saying its even worse than Dawntrail is hilarious and makes me think you are def looking at FFXIV through some sort of tinted lens.