Finally tried WoW

[CidHeiral]

When a 20+ year-old game makes all your long-standing frustrations seem easily solvable, it’s hard not to question how much longer I’ll stick around.

And once the novelty wears off you'll have a whole new list of frustrations with WoW. Play whichever you find more fun of course but don't delude yourself into thinking it's Shangri-La over there. Take a look at their community sites and you'll see all the usual doomposting you see here, including "just played (insert game) and it's way better than WoW!"

[0blivion]

consider that WoW is ugly and FFXIV has, well, final fantasy. like i know the migratory MMO fandom is in the room with us but. yeah no shit we'd be playing a better MMO if this wasnt literally a final fantasy game and/or because cat girls

[Masekase_Hurricane]

consider that WoW is ugly and FFXIV has, well, final fantasy. like i know the migratory MMO fandom is in the room with us but. yeah no shit we'd be playing a better MMO if this wasnt literally a final fantasy game and/or because cat girls

Games like Pokémon and Prison Architect aren’t visually stunning either, but they still offer brilliant gameplay and creativity

Graphics aren’t the be-all and end-all for me when it comes to games. One of my favourite ways to relax before bed is playing RimWorld, and it’s far from visually impressive. What it lacks in looks, it more than makes up for in depth and atmosphere.

[SophiaDL]

WoW actually fixed their game and made it better, that's why it has the amount of players it has today (Which btw is far more than FFXIV's considering the absolute skydive in player population)

SE could never, they'd rather see the game die (again) than to improve it, which is sad really.

I love both games, but FFXIV has gone completely stale, the recipe has been used a million times and it's just getting really old.

[nessamiku]

I play WoW too on and off, but mostly Classic. I really don't like current retail. The gameplay loop is way too fast, sweaty even. There are like a million different systems at max level, weird Trinkets and rings, some legendary item that you need to farm and upgrade and gimmicks like that. I last played reatail seriously in Shadowlands, and when I returned in TWW I felt like I was playing a new game, so many different new systems, WoW really hates evergreen features. I also don't like the community, nobody ever greets. I hate and love things about bpth games.

If XIV could take the best things from WoW and build it into the game, this would be my forever MMO.

[Shurrikhan]

I don't know how things are now in World of Warcraft when it seems they have removed all other expansions and The War Within is only expansion available now when i checked my battle net account moment ago.

The rest are free (with your sub). The latest expansion is also typically highly discounted towards its last major patch and generally comes with a free month (so, may effectively be as little as $5).

...So, pretty much the standard.

[Nadda]

If you think WoW is better you're sleeping on a active nuclear reactor.

And I don't really care how bad the state of FF14 gets I'd rather cut my head off with nail clippers than play Modern WoW. Or pay for their Classic to prop up a version of the Game I hate.

[SophiaDL]

If you think WoW is better you're sleeping on a active nuclear reactor.

And I don't really care how bad the state of FF14 gets I'd rather cut my head off with nail clippers than play Modern WoW. Or pay for their Classic to prop up a version of the Game I hate.

what a great argument as to why/how FFXIV is better than wow lmao

"i dont like the game so you better not like it too, it sucks i tell you, how dare you have fun somewhere else ? You will keep doing your roulettes and get earrings from mogtome events and you will like it !"

[Nadda]

what a great argument as to why/how FFXIV is better than wow lmao

"i dont like the game so you better not like it too, it sucks i tell you, how dare you have fun somewhere else ? You will keep doing your roulettes and get earrings from mogtome events and you will like it !"

It wasn't an argument. It was a statement of fact.

Play whatever you like.

Just saying we had Characters in wheelchairs before it was cool. Enjoy your hamster wheels, buying gold, and 90 dollar mounts, You will keep doing M+ and like it.