FFXIV vs ESO

[MAD MAX V1 スタンド]

which would you say is best for long run?

[mysteryman115]

where is ESO's version of these btw? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvJdh6i6Hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCNk9tnLg4

[Dewit]

Katzh님이 먼저 게시:

final fantasy require sub to play.
eso doesn't.

so basically, FFXIV has better quality content than this game does

[Hayley]

Captain_Calypso님이 먼저 게시:

Katzh님이 먼저 게시:

final fantasy require sub to play.
eso doesn't.

so basically, FFXIV has better quality content than this game does

Not necessarily.

[Thorncrypt]

just play both games. both FF14 and ESO have their strengths. this way you can also take breaks from one game while enjoying the other and vice versa. that's what I do, and it's worked out for me.

[Thomas D.]

Unknownman115님이 먼저 게시:

where is ESO's version of these btw? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvJdh6i6Hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCNk9tnLg4

You mean something Like this (took me 5 sec of searching):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0tYR_K8ckc

Or this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z84lEZ3NGfI

Or this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-O_xYVhNDj4

Also how does a fan made anime opening even affect the game by itself? It never did for me and I even didn't care of such stuff be existing, even they look pretty cool.

Also they won't fit a big part of the audience of ESO: mature players (even the amount of anime liking mature players increases).

But there is one truth in your post: If arguments / comparisons get to such a stupid level like this there is literally no reasonable argument left anymore...

[Hela]

In Elder Scrolls Online is every character fully VOICED and in GERMAN TOO, that alone is awesome.

[Katzh]

Captain_Calypso님이 먼저 게시:

Katzh님이 먼저 게시:

final fantasy require sub to play.
eso doesn't.

so basically, FFXIV has better quality content than this game does

if the more money you have to put in a game to play makes it better just go play Diablo immortal dude, you'll like it.

[Dewit]

Katzh님이 먼저 게시:

Captain_Calypso님이 먼저 게시:

so basically, FFXIV has better quality content than this game does

if the more money you have to put in a game to play makes it better just go play Diablo immortal dude, you'll like it.

I mean, if you can't afford $15 a month, then just say that. Still doesn't change that FFXIV is an overall better game. PVP is the only thing ESO does better than FFXIV. Doesn't mean that ESO is a bad game, FFXIV is just better.

[DZP]

ESO, why? The world feels more alive. You have a ton of other activities besides dungeons. Exploring is rewarding.
In FF14 story is the best side, but when you finish the story, there is nothing to do except roulettes, aka dungeons or raids. FF14 world feels so empty. You will never revisit some older zones because there is nothing to do.

[Lowbei]

ESO

1. ff is boring af
2. ff is more grindy because its a jrpg
3. the art style is cringe af with people wearing 3 belts and having anime hair.
4. i could easily explain to another person that I played a game called “Elder Scrolls Online, ya know, like Skyrim but with more people,” whereas it would be embarrassing trying to explain that I play a game called “Final Fantasy Fourteen.”

[mysteryman115]

Thomas D.님이 먼저 게시:

Unknownman115님이 먼저 게시:

where is ESO's version of these btw? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvJdh6i6Hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCNk9tnLg4

You mean something Like this (took me 5 sec of searching):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0tYR_K8ckc

Or this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z84lEZ3NGfI

Or this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-O_xYVhNDj4

Also how does a fan made anime opening even affect the game by itself? It never did for me and I even didn't care of such stuff be existing, even they look pretty cool.

Also they won't fit a big part of the audience of ESO: mature players (even the amount of anime liking mature players increases).

But there is one truth in your post: If arguments / comparisons get to such a stupid level like this there is literally no reasonable argument left anymore...

Well, if the community is making anime openings of their said favorite game/MMO's (in this case, FFXIV and ESO), its a sign the community is rather healthy.

So both games are likely to be around for at least another good 5-10 years, both games have their strengths and weaknesses, although if you have to argue "you have to pay a sub to play" while paying for ESO+ crafting bag, kinda kills your argument Imo.

So I agree, this argument thread should cease to exist, surely someone told the moderators by now to pretty please kill a dead thread that isn't exactly productive.....

[lilac]

DZP님이 먼저 게시:

ESO, why? The world feels more alive. You have a ton of other activities besides dungeons. Exploring is rewarding.
In FF14 story is the best side, but when you finish the story, there is nothing to do except roulettes, aka dungeons or raids. FF14 world feels so empty. You will never revisit some older zones because there is nothing to do.

yeah there is really nothing else to do in ff14 except for gathering, crafting, fishing, relic weapons, raid questlines,alt jobs, side questlines, glamours, deep dungeons, pvp, collecting, housing, beast tribes, bozja, mount farming, and gold saucer

[Cacttos]

As a person that has played both MMO's, I hope my somewhat small input can help.

Final Fantasy is nice, though, apart from paying for a sub, the game is very linear in the sense that nearly everything is locked behind a quest. The entire experience is drawn out and over saturated with quests fillers.
I eventually felt like I was going down a predetermined path and not really my own.

My recommendation is, I would stick with ESO as it feels like you have more freedom.
FFXIV is nice in the beginning but eventually you become bored.

[Nooby McNoobnoob]

ff14 can be played as another singleplayer ff game with extra multiplayer for major story beats/dungeons, however the community almost falls head of heals to help you to the point of almost stalker levels depending on your thoughts, its a lot more indepth when it comes of extras like crafting/gathering that can consume a lot of time with little instant gratification. i feel 14 is more of time investment, and with the job/class system you grow really attached to your character and therefor the story and world, where as other mmos that rely on alts you have a habbit of rushing throught things you have done before. combat depends on your class and rotation, unfortunally its a dance step, ie do this than this than this. fighting while slow for some of the classes is handed will with callouts and areas being marked out that by the time your out of the learning noob phase of combat you should be able to make it throught most new dungeon bosses without too much trouble with whats happening.

ESO is a great pick up and play mmo, you need little refreshing to get back into things, and simple is not a bad thing for a non-subscription game, the community has no problems with helping grouping up same as the ff14 but it can be hit or miss for gameplay tips or help - imo. crafting is straight into it, as is collecting and fishing, daily bonuses, and account bank can both help and hinder alts depending on eso plus subscription for the crafting bag, while you have a smaller toolbar for abilities than other games you can morph abilites into branching versions, making combat and builds personal to your character story or your own gameplay tastes. and you are quicker into the world and story than the slow boil of ff14.

i would really reccomend giving both a shot, buy eso when theres a nice discount that way you dont have to burn yourself out on it and can continual play anytime without worrying about subscription stuff. and ff14 has free trails to the end of the first expansion with level cap and some game play stuff locked out. if you stick with ff14 after the slow burn and equally slow combat at low levels you will find a big reward of story and how you effect the world but it requires reading quest texts and not just doing the nu-WoW of collecting question marks and chain doing quest to focus on levels, its a game about the journey not the destination. ESO on the other hand is great little stories in each area both self contained and some that give a bit of flavour to bigger ones, however i will admit it did not hold me as well as 14, but thats because i was switching alts a couple of days at a time.
again i recommend giving both a try

[Sgt. Magnusson]

FFXIV, hands down, can't even compare the two.

The only thing that ESO does better is that all of the dialogue is voiced, but then again, FFXIV has cutscenes and ESO doesn't.

Although the games were released 8 months apart, FFXIV is better optimized, runs better even on old machines. In ESO, I'm constantly running into silhouette characters, invisible NPCs, textures not loading, invisible enemies and audio lag.

Dungeons are far more interesting in FFXIV and players are expected to fulfill the role they queue for or the group doesn't work. In ESO, tons of DPS queue as tanks and healers just for quick queues. I keep getting "tanks" that don't tank and "healers" that don't heal and nobody seems to care. The dungeons also seem very mindless, they all seem to have the same difficulty of the very first FFXIV dungeon.

Animations are awful in ESO, very stiff, very unnatural. It has the animations of a 2002 game. The majority of FFXIV animations are motion captured, so they look very good.

All Gear in FFXIV has meshes, even accessories. Heavy armor actually makes your character look bulkier and hats don't make your character bald. In ESO, most of the gear are just textures, no meshes, they don't give volume to your character, which makes them look very awful, specially if you make your character skinny, then they look ridiculous. Heavy armor doesn't make your character look bulky, they look anorexic.

ESO's crown store is insanely overpriced and has crappy loot boxes. FFXIV's doesn't have loot boxes and most of the items in the store could be earned for free by simply playing the game, as most of them are seasonal rewards.

I have 17,563 hours in FFXIV and I still log in to do some dungeons, some raids and plan some glamours. I bought ESO in 2014 and only have about 300 hours in it. I played it from time to time but always got bored after a couple of weeks. I picked it up again when High Isle came out and I'm losing interest really quickly due to how boring everything is, even the story is below average.