So I tried WoW.

[LeftPaw]

I thought I would give WoW a try. So many people play it I thought it must have something.
The one thing it has done for me is appreciate FFXIV more. It's light years ahead of WoW.

I honestly don't know why so many play wow, now that you have far better options.

[Lusus Symphonia]

It's almost like different people have different tastes.

You do know you can appreciate both games, right? It doesn't have to be one or the other which is the reason for a lot of these bait threads about WoW.

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

I wouldn't say FF14 is light years ahead. WoW has just been experimenting on itself constantly and it has been going in decline.

WoW has better PvP (If you look passed from one man armies and those annoying instalocks)
FF14 has better PvE

In my opinion.

[Aylon]

If you want to circlejerk about how bad WoW is and how good FFXIV is I would go to reddit, you will find many more like minded people there!

[LeftPaw]

I'm not knocking people who play wow. It's a free country. I'm just a little confused as to why. I would understand if it was the only mmo available.
Anyway I will play it again tomorrow and level up to see if there is something I am missing.

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

I played WoW because I loved Warcraft 3, played WoW until Mist of Pandaria was released and simply just quit because I was not happy where the game was going. Tried many other MMO's to get that WoW feel itch minus the BS PvP and eventually found FF14 after many other MMO's later.

[GarnetDivine]

Thanks for sharing and comparing an MMO that came out in 2004 to an MMO that came out in 2013 and acting like anyone here actually cares about what your personal preferences are.

[BMN_Narrlequin]

I was playing wow in the beginning because of warcraft 3 and later on my guild(s). The last couple expansions all felt the same tho and got boring super fast. My guild more or less falling apart was just the nail on the coffin. FF14 is way easier to enjoy solo imho.

[Yuuko do anime Nichijou]

wow sucks.

[casdarius]

Originally posted by Om3ga-Z3ro:

I wouldn't say FF14 is light years ahead. WoW has just been experimenting on itself constantly and it has been going in decline.

WoW has better PvP (If you look passed from one man armies and those annoying instalocks)
FF14 has better PvE

In my opinion.

you misspelled stealing s*it from other games constantly... every new mmo that came out with a newish and innovative thing and suddenly now wow has it... the game was literally just stuff stolen from other games all kind of taped together with a light coat of warcraft lore paint.

[LeftPaw]

I did have it in mind that due to the years wow has had in the game of making games that they would have perfected the interface and customisation, but it seems still rather primitive and clunky.
Fair enough the interface with FF is somewhat clunky but it works well enough. Also I would say that FF is more graphically demanding.

[Lusus Symphonia]

Originally posted by saxual:

Originally posted by Om3ga-Z3ro:

I wouldn't say FF14 is light years ahead. WoW has just been experimenting on itself constantly and it has been going in decline.

WoW has better PvP (If you look passed from one man armies and those annoying instalocks)
FF14 has better PvE

In my opinion.

you misspelled stealing s*it from other games constantly... every new mmo that came out with a newish and innovative thing and suddenly now wow has it... the game was literally just stuff stolen from other games all kind of taped together with a light coat of warcraft lore paint.

Games copy each others ideas all the time, it's what drives the market and isn't a bad thing at all, if you can copy something AND make it better then that's called progress and someone else will copy and possibly make it even better than you did. I personally wouldn't get at Blizzard for copying ideas.

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

Originally posted by saxual:

Originally posted by Om3ga-Z3ro:

I wouldn't say FF14 is light years ahead. WoW has just been experimenting on itself constantly and it has been going in decline.

WoW has better PvP (If you look passed from one man armies and those annoying instalocks)
FF14 has better PvE

In my opinion.

you misspelled stealing s*it from other games constantly... every new mmo that came out with a newish and innovative thing and suddenly now wow has it... the game was literally just stuff stolen from other games all kind of taped together with a light coat of warcraft lore paint.

Hey man, Genshin Impact has stolen lots of popular things from other games but people still play it, no point in throwing shade that everyone knows.

[old.school]

Originally posted by WetNose:

I did have it in mind that due to the years wow has had in the game of making games that they would have perfected the interface and customisation, but it seems still rather primitive and clunky.
Fair enough the interface with FF is somewhat clunky but it works well enough. Also I would say that FF is more graphically demanding.

WoW has intentionally made itself not as graphically demanding so that its more accessible. As far as addons go, WoW has lots of addon support. If you dont like the default UI or the default button layout then download an addon and customize it however you want.

[Aylon]

Originally posted by WetNose:

I'm not knocking people who play wow. It's a free country. I'm just a little confused as to why. I would understand if it was the only mmo available.

TIL the internet is a country. TIL people can't like something I don't like, it simply doesn't make sense. Why would people play x game when I like y game more? It no make sense! The most infallible of logic.

[Tredegar]

I will say after experiencing FFXIV’s memorable story and writing through Shadowbringers, it’s hard for me to ever go back to WoW with its incredibly shallow writing in comparison.