As far as I see it?
WoW was created by developers who were incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about the Warcraft games. They dropped the ball after WOTLK - in my humble opinion - but up until then it was an incredible MMO.
It's still fairly decent, all things considered. Years of investment by loyal players encourages quite a lot of people to continue subscribing and it's fairly easy to get into/has reached 'cult' levels of popularity so a lot of new people swoop in to give it a try.
FFXIV dropped the ball with 1.0 but as of 2.0 it became clear that the development team happens to be very passionate about the game and it's future. Things aren't perfect but there's consistent content updates and they're rather polished and meaty at that.
I am no longer interested in WoW - though breaking away was, admittedly, rather difficult. Until FFXIV nothing else managed to encourage me to invest for the long term. GW2, Elder Scrolls Online and Wildstar had their redeeming qualities but there were just too many broken promises and glaring flaws.
ESO and GW2, for instance, ignored much of the charm and grit that existed in the rest of their respective franchises and watered down a lot of elements for dubious reasons. As a huge fan of the Altmer of Elder Scrolls I was bitterly disappointed that their core racial traits and flaws were ignored in favour of making the 'real' Altmer generic, stereotypical villains.Â
FFXIV, however, manages to hit all the right notes when it comes to fanservice for those familiar with the rest of the franchise.
WoW was created by developers who were incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about the Warcraft games. They dropped the ball after WOTLK - in my humble opinion - but up until then it was an incredible MMO.
It's still fairly decent, all things considered. Years of investment by loyal players encourages quite a lot of people to continue subscribing and it's fairly easy to get into/has reached 'cult' levels of popularity so a lot of new people swoop in to give it a try.
FFXIV dropped the ball with 1.0 but as of 2.0 it became clear that the development team happens to be very passionate about the game and it's future. Things aren't perfect but there's consistent content updates and they're rather polished and meaty at that.
I am no longer interested in WoW - though breaking away was, admittedly, rather difficult. Until FFXIV nothing else managed to encourage me to invest for the long term. GW2, Elder Scrolls Online and Wildstar had their redeeming qualities but there were just too many broken promises and glaring flaws.
ESO and GW2, for instance, ignored much of the charm and grit that existed in the rest of their respective franchises and watered down a lot of elements for dubious reasons. As a huge fan of the Altmer of Elder Scrolls I was bitterly disappointed that their core racial traits and flaws were ignored in favour of making the 'real' Altmer generic, stereotypical villains.Â
FFXIV, however, manages to hit all the right notes when it comes to fanservice for those familiar with the rest of the franchise.
