FFXIV is a game that I’m enjoying immensely, however it’s far from impeccable and in many ways there are things about WoW I prefer to it.
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WoW has way more world mobility. FFXIV has a lot of artificial world barriers (it’s not even close to as ‘open world’ as WoW is).
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With the notable exception of corruptions WoW appears to have an acceptable amount of skill animation. Being on WoW first it feels way too flashy for honestly no reason.
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FFXIV takes the cake for the driest introduction to the game and I wouldn’t be surprised if a ton of people quit due to how bad it is.
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There is a much larger community of people willing to defend game decisions in FFXIV even if some of those flaws (imo) are warranted.
(I also have a ton of positive things to say, just listing what I don’t like for the time being).