Wow vs ffxiv reddit There are no dailies, you just do whatever you want. Expansion is awesome, but a bit dead due to AS3 killing the raiding scene. WoW has a little bit more "randomness" in how things happen, but it's However, as a big fan of Mythic Dungeons in WoW, it was a huge letdown for me that the dungeons in FFXIV were a breeze and not remotely challenging. FFXIV is a fun community game but the gameplay itself is pretty decent depending on what you are looking WoW characters typically have fewer buttons compared to FFXIV. It's also easier to follow, and the Another point was how classes/races in WoW are far more "out there" and "wild" compared to FFXIV. Have tried all 3 of them: ESO - 200ish hours, FFXIV - 300ish hours, WOW - 30ish hours. But using cinematics when there's other reference 342 votes, 570 comments. Valheim Genshin Well if you’ve ever played WoW you would know how much of a grind gear is compared to ffxiv and GW2. FFXIV (MMO subs and toxicity) Hello I'm new to Reddit! I am struggling between two games to pay subs for; Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft. . I don't FFXIV vs. 0 coins. WoW or FF14? comments. WoW itself isn't hardcore either but if I was short on time, FFXIV is a no brainer choice over chorecraft there's nearly no "catching up" in the endgame. It's basically a poor man's WOW. It's also a lot more winding and diverse thanks to the secondary stats, trinkets, and borrowed power systems (Currently azerite Wow is like any other MMO - massive time sink with shitty combat. FFXIV BLM is about twice as complicated as WoW mage, for example. Gold saucer for example. You got endless pve progression with m+ dungeons as well if you enjoy pushing limits. They are all worth Um, WoW had that success Blizzard merged with Activision, hence owing their obedience to shareholders. Gameplay wise though, most classes nowadays play with like 3-4 rotational spells. I'll praise FFXIV until my dying breath, but I miss playing retribution paladin in WoW. i don't use reddit much and didn't bother to search it Wow's combat graphics also take the cake for me. I prefer serving the church/light fantasy (WoW) over the serving nobility fantasy (FF). In World of Warcraft, you dive into the high-fantasy world of Azeroth, where you’ll find Both games have their pros and cons. clips. Ultimately, it Both Final Fantasy 14 and World of Warcraft are hugely popular and complex MMOs, but each game still has its own pros and cons as well. It has very little grinding What is important, even though FFXIV has always had fewer subs than WoW, its threshold for success is much lower than WoW, by an order of magnitude. So, without starting a flame war, which would you say is the better OVERALL VIDEO Was a savage (hard mode) raider in FFXIV and a crafting/gathering whore. Dungeons and instanced content all feels amazing in FFXIV compared to GW2’s. r/Asmongold. Question Im sort of a MMO newbie and I know these questions gets asked so I'm Wow vs. When is the 7. back. tv. I agree, specially for a vertical progression MMO, it does the evergreen content really well. Anyone else play both WoW and FFXIV and are super hyped about this year? War Within is sounding great and last nights Fanfest/Dawntrail look amazing. This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and A community for those with interest in Square Enix's original MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI (FFXI, FF11). The Game World and Story. Members Online. FFXIV has 2 cutscenes (opening and FCOB), but a much stronger in-game rendering. I guess FFXIV's latest expansion, Endwalker, is out now! Members Online Testing out previous benchmark iterations in comparison to Dawntrail and I noticed in the ARR benchmark, there's In subscription games like FFXIV and WoW, since the "perception" ceiling for base subscription prices seems capped at $15 USD/month, they just raised prices with these kinds of "optional" Still has strong endgame community, challenge to beat and of course the warcraft universe. Wows gameplay, mythic plus, and pvp is the best we have. They are fairly different in my opinion. 2, x. I really enjoy both games, which has led me to wonder why there is such a stark contrast in the overall There are far fewer high difficulty raid encounters in FFXIV than in WoW - 12 Savage raid encounters (15 if you count 4, 8, and 12 as two separate encounters) per expansion compared World of Warcraft on Reddit! Members Online. Both wow and FF14 have solid endgames that vary in difficulty. To me wow was an End game could be a bit better, I think I have been spoiled by WoW, but hopefully the new expansion coming out this Summer will bring something new to the table. However, Things wow does better: End game gearing While high end fights are harder in ff14, the rewards you get from them don’t feel that good since there isn’t much of a gear gap. I jumped ship to FFXIV ages ago but I do find myself sometimes sighing wistfully thinking about WoW's set design and how much I miss it. Having played FFXIV, WoW, GW2 and SWTOR, it seems to me that animation World of Warcraft on Reddit! The biggest thing FFXIV does that WoW needs to do is have more evergreen content. FFXIV is mostly a story based game with lots of instances. This is hyperbolic but it's the 1- no. Im glad you havent met those ppl i encountered in wow. Every raid, dungeon and trial can be experienced at (approximately) the Comparing to WoW where each trash pack is redundant, bosses do the same attacks. if you don't like the game it's cool but calling it a weeb game is 76 votes, 188 comments. My friend is trying to get me to On top of it, and I feel this is really evident in WoW vs XIV, WoW apparently makes new social zones for new expansions and apparently even patches all the time, whereas XIV's approach People meme about wow being a chore but that's honestly how it felt in the end. When you are used to wow, all also unpopular opinion , ffxiv and wow have much more endgame content because they are ~10yrs old games, i played nw at launch untill and i just started playing again when expansion This is why FFXIV can sometimes still feel more complicated because you press buttons at a fast speed but there's a lot of different buttons and combinations. FFXIV has in my opinion Most WoW healers come here trying to straight heal and wind up getting talked down on because they aren’t pulling their weight. The true state of SOD Blizzard Wizard101 is an MMO made by Kingsisle Entertainment. Ffxiv Er. I also did the first tiers of alexander savage w/o echo. PvP is entirely a separate portion of FFXIV where you have to go there and select from a few game modes. I love the grind but if you take even a 2 week break or a 1 month break you fall so View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. that's like saying wow is a furry game because there is a panda race. I wish they released more instanced group PvE content (cough raids), but because progression is horizontal it means that all of the as of right now, WoW for sure with the Old Gods, Titans, etc. Probably the closest Mythic raids in WoW aren't hard, they are just annoying because you need 20 people. I have not played WoW in years, but I hated that nothing in the game matters other than the latest Firstly, I am a huge MMO fan and am not pitting WoW vs FFXIV in a "which is better" discussion. I tried to enjoy it multiple times throughout its lifetime, but combat always threw me off, perhaps because I was always more FFXIV: Great game. Members Online • Ex_Ray16. FFXIV. FFXIV doesn't have much for super powerful entities at the moment, tho the final boss of this 10yr arc was a being that absorbed As far as actual progression goes FFXIV doesn't have any of that; These kinds of systems are exclusively tied to specific endgame areas like Bozja and Eureka, which has the magia board However if you enjoy dungeons, WoW tanking is so superior it is not even funny. Both have advantages and disadvantages. 3. If FFXIV could just steal the collections tab/system from WoW its glamour Content - wow gets less unique dungeons overall and the same amount of raid tiers but each tier is 8-10 bosses vs 4 and at 4 difficulties vs 2. But what I came to realize with the oncoming release of Dragonflight is: How much I I have thousands of hours in ESO, FFXIV, GW and WoW and love all 4 games. World of Warcraft on Reddit! Advertisement Coins. Raids WoW's collection system is better, but dressing up in FFXIV is a lot more fun because things generally look nicer and less gaudy. Development started in 2005, and the game was released in 2008! It continues to receive frequent updates, and we're a very much As someone who has played both to their hardest endgames (clearing a mythic tier and also doing ultimates), I find wow to be a better game. I’ve had one big “oh shit” moment with GW2 and that’s been the mordremoth fight, but World of Warcraft on Reddit! there is a huge difference in the style of raiding between wow and ffxiv, which makes a direct comparison near impossible. Music. as for wow vs ff14 i guess it all comes down to what is more appealing to you. saying it's a weeb game is not valid criticism tho. 6M subscribers in the wow community. The NPCs are hyping you up for the big bad so in a way it is cringe, but it honestly makes you feel good. So the fact that FFXIV is doing I prefer WoW. I have tried the first levels of the FFXIV free trial and I have played some GW2. For Personally, I think FFXIV is largely a copy of WoW. BDO is far more cheaper to play, but there is also p2w elements into the game. Toxicity vs community and If WoW bosses were tuned the same way FFXIV bosses are, the world races would be over in under a day. I would say Normal FFXIV would be equal to Raid Finder-Normal in WoW, Extreme would be equal to Speaking of glamour, the WoW transmog system is better than FFXIV’s glamour system, but FFXIV’s gear is way prettier, and so are the characters. The crafting and gathering systems are pretty good if that's your fancy. If you are looking for great and active combat, go for Elder Scrolls Online. Outside of Rebirth Have tried all 3 of them: ESO - 200ish hours, FFXIV - 300ish hours, WOW - 30ish hours. 3 etc). As someone that has played Wow for over 10 years Classic Wow doesn't have that problem, but then again, it's still an old-ass game, with old-ass graphics, and even though it's better than Retail, playing Classic WOW in 2023 will never hold Depends on which, if any, aspects of FFXIV you liked WoW feels faster paced than FFXIV in my experience, but that's only important as you try to push into harder content Tanking in WoW is PLD is my main in FF and was in WoW. World of Warcraft on Reddit! You picked the perfect picturesque scene in FFXIV and a random mountain in Wow, also you specifically are yes, compared to ffxiv normal raids, wow normal are way more challenging (when they’re current content). A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, with an expanded free trial that includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward Many people forget that this is comparing a new released addon phase (ffxiv) with a content drough phase (wow). 9 button rotations are rare in WOW, whereas they are very normal in FF14, with I much prefer WoW’s class design and class design philosophy, and it feels like there’s way more to do in WoW’s endgame, which is obviously very important. I play FFXIV and took down Bahamut in Final Coil (skipping the cutscenes, admittedly). I don't like the longer GCD on FFXIV, there's way too much skill bloat, and I don't like all the goofy names used for things (guildhests, levequests, eggis, etc). From a new player point of view, this would be a hard choice. I like both, but I think the WoW paladin is much cooler. I'm pretty sure I'm going to start playing one of these games. The only reason FFXIV can't compete is because there simply isn't enough. Also, FFXIV's A Reddit community dedicated to The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO developed by Zenimax Online. You have WoW on other hand you buy the base game+ expansions and pay monthly subscription. Because it's expanded on WoW and become an even better game than WoW. I don't know how leveling is since I haven't done it recently besides 60+. FFXIV and ESO are always going to be an I've played both wow and RuneScape for many years, starting both around 2006, but in terms of progression wow is sorta linear compared to rs. Wow is cap level, then grind gear from set But there are usually 3 tiers per expansion making it the same as wow if you ignore the filler raid in wow (ToV/CoS). PvP is also non-existent in I can't recommend either because I don't think either feel good. I used to be an avid player of both World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV, FFXIV you are the grand hero where WoW you're just an adventurer helping out. Both are good though, I've played every Final Fantasy game to include the NES and A Reddit community dedicated to The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO developed by Zenimax Online. It has the worst story, and Since WoW sub numbers include 'Classic' players yes. ADMIN MOD WoW vs FFXIV vs ESO? The search for The community for Old School RuneScape discussion on Reddit. For all its problems, WoW is a gorgeous game. The dilemma is: WoW: lots of stuff to Hi, WoW player here. WoW: Social elements The community for Old School RuneScape discussion on Reddit. Ffxiv is nothing like wow when it comes to to icity. WoW will get way The reason I dropped all those games and kept going back to wow is that wow is smoother to play than any of them. A community for fans of the critically However, between FFXIV and WoW, I have to say that my experience with FFXIV has been better and the game is more polished, the developers are more proactive at fixing bugs and they're Compare it to memorizing 4 things and repeating them 100 times (WoW), or memorizing a list of 400 things (FFXIV). wow best players vs ffxiv cheaters. 4M subscribers in the wow community. FFXIV encouter is hard on the player id say wow classic only if you can stand the grind, toherwise go for wow. When WoW is more focused at being multiplayer game with main points of pvp, gear farm (what makes it MMORPG) FFXIV is more focused on story and story telling. Play the one your buddies are playing. I love the mythic WoW's huge failing in this regard is that I care about the WORLD of Warcraft, but WoW doesn't care that I care. When raiding in FFXIV a lot of what you see is big pink and blue flashes and it takes away from what is actually there going on. Ffxiv actually has fun stuff to do that isn’t tied to player power. WoW People often complain on forums/Reddit that low level dungeons are empty and they can't find other players to do them, but that is the behavior Blizzard encouraged with their design Hey everyone, I'm Oswald, an Italian 28y old lad. Its interesting, cause in FFXIV people will do old content for a variety of reasons (level a World of Warcraft on Reddit! Members Online • kitoperez19. Blizzard Discords are like reddit--you need to very careful which ones you join. I played a little bit previously (the xpack before endwalker), was left with an impression of "it's okay, but I would waive the "lack of content" bit for new players though. Funsies. Let’s compare the first ivalice dungeon in stormblood with normal tomb of sargeras I've not played Tera, but WoW and FFXIV are both good games. Combat is quite different. you'll do some prog raids, maybe TEA is the nastiest to prog because, if you exclude Wormhole, the hardest mechanics are on the first 5 minutes of the fight, which turn a lot of ppl off because of the thought "wow, if it's this The story is quite good but, i hated FFXIV raiding and the slowness "compared to wow" They keep doing the same mistake since 2. net patch notes beginning with 6. Player Roles - I find it harder to understand the roles on each There are far fewer raid bosses in FFXIV and most of them are a sight easier than the hardest content in WoW, but individually they are all very cinematic and involved encounters. SAM is my favourite job in FFXIV, Now to my opinion on vanilla wow and ffxiv. Focused more on WoW Classic, Season of X and Classic Plus. At the moment you can [Review] WoW vs FFXIV I've seen a lot of talk around which MMO is present king. Wow Vs. This could be Thats not even adding the fact that FFXIV does not Savage lock you to the same 8 players you started progressing with. Discussion I'm new to both WoW and FFXIV. I need your help to decide which one though. Overall as the both However the "collections" system in WoW is so much better than the terrible glamour dresser mechanic in FFXIV(400 item limit, are you kidding me?!). The abysmal server tick rate is probably the I can't really tell how different healing is in FFXIV vs WoW besides healers being able to do more dps usually in FFXIV? I'm a little nervous about messing up a lot of quick cast buttons and WoW vs FFXIV . 4 Meanwhile WoW has suffered from writing problems since before it was WoW, when it was just Warcraft, and the barebones generic high fantasy story existed just to string along a tentative A Reddit community dedicated to The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO developed by Zenimax Online. FF14 Crafting Comparison RANT-CALLING BLIZZ OUT. The quality of FFIV is tailored to storyline. In WoW, I remember people finding all sorts of secrets and silly areas (the landing strip on top of FFXIV tackles this by making parts of the game easy (the overworld, normal dungeons and most of the MSQ) and some parts of the game really hard (like later raids, PotD/HoH, hard, extreme Never played ff games until ff15, while dabbling with other mmos like tera, bns, neverwinter, wow, just not ffxiv cuz from what I've seen, "combat is slow" so i naturally stick to those with more Sources: WoWHead Raid list, WoWHead dungeon list, Battle. WoW is much easier to level through and you'll hit that end game faster. The two games couldn't be further apart as far as paths go. Catch up mechanics usually work in the open world and trivialize getting entry level gear ff14 rotation is literally a script you do the same thing over and over while in wow you change things up depends on the boss mechanics which is more fun, and when it comes to casual If this was a few years back i'd argue wow was more complex than ffxiv, but after legion I feel wow is extremely simplistic if we talk class design. But taking that stance to, say, WoW, would lead to a different response, because the loot system for WoW is very different from FFXIV's and Needing something for transmog is looked down 2. The main differences between FFXIV and wow for healing is that in An alternative subreddit to the largest WoW Classic community on Reddit. WoW: War(craft). What vanilla wow has over ffxiv is an open world that people actually spend time in. Many people here will say Gw2 has better combat and many on r/wow will say wow has better PvP: WoW better Raids:This is subjective but WoW certainly has more varied raid content Crafting: ff14 better Open world content: Pretty similar, wow has a wide variety of reputation But I want to get into a MMO, as I now have a ton of free time. Reply 1. Pretty much everything FFXIV does, WOW does better. P2W argument I really don't know as you get level boost, story skip etc in FFXIV cash shop also. I wanted to ask how is the pvp scene in FFXIV at the moment. I completed t1-13 w/o echo and t6-t9 savage w/o echo. Each tier the m+ dungeon pool is changed with a I started up in WoW a bit before the pandemic kicked in and FFXIV sometime after. A game is supposed to be something enjoyable that you do because you want to. ADMIN MOD WoW/ Classic WoW vs FFXIV . while ff14s early game isnt the best, Also, graphically I think FF14 is better, but gameplay wise it's just no where near as responsive as WoW. WoW/FFXIV Community Differences comments. Toys. Number of players in one raid - GW2 being 10 vs WoW it can go all the way from 10 up to 30 (20 if you do mythic) 2. However if you removed those players and only counted players who play Retail WoW, I'd day the population is similar. The art styles You will probably not enjoy ffxiv if you want wow endgame World of Warcraft on Reddit! Members Online. FFXIV has in my opinion Here’s the major differences between WoW vs. ffxiv is not bad, but it has some issues The View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. ADMIN MOD I find WoW to be better than ffxiv as a newbie despite all these bnet drama . FFXIV though has the Roulette queues, allowing you to be joined to any random dungeon or raid in a After playing gw2 for 9k hours, ffxiv for around 3k and only delving into WoW a bit in DF, if you want a game that will have content when you catch up with most playerbase, gw2 is not that I don't know much about FFXIV as I abandoned it after a few weeks due to its combat being very WoW-like but not as mature, balance and rotation wise. The combat itself is just fluent and enjoyable. Given WoW is harder to get BiS by far, with far more paths to get there. Abilities are more responsive and rotations are MUCH more forgiving. I've wiped to the Ascian asshole who kills an ARR patch character TWICE this For sure. I dont know if it was the WOW player takeover two years ago but toxicity has grown. If I had to chose between them it would be ptw aspects (lotro) vs forced social dynamics, creepy weirdos, oppressive It gets better at later levels, but WoW combat feels extremely snappy. Some do it better. true. FFXIV's toys are just consumables - stuff like FFXIV is much like WoW but the raid/dungeon content isn't updated or added to so often. ff14 takes much longer to level in and has a I've played both WoW and FFXIV (in fact also all three WoW versions with Classic, Wrath and Retail) for years and I can say I have quite some experience under my belt. From the standpoint of the progression systems I can tell you to Combat: WOW has the edge here. 😆 Plus you can play every job and learn 1K votes, 734 comments. r/ffxiv. WoW has a subscription, BD does not but it is EXTREMELY P2W. While there's no question WoW wins by a landslide with respect to raw numbers in the player base, I Want a good story go FFXIV want a kind sandboxy MMO with a real slow pace? Go classic wow. While FFXIV is fun, WOW still blows it out of the water. Join us for game discussions, tips and tricks, and all things OSRS! OSRS is the official WoW at least has a bit of variation with routes, FFXIV dungeons are just double pulls and walls and then locked dance step bosses. TL;DR - As a long Don't get me wrong, I know Bahamut, more or less. (Bit more WoW is really not new player friend, but the combat is fun depending on the class you pick. Some people prefer the more action-packed gameplay of World of Warcraft, while others prefer the more detailed world and character customization of Final Fantasy XIV. I think WoW I've played both games. I still enjoy the game, but most recently I've not been interested in partaking in the current patch/raid. Their raid encounters, to me, are superior and . twitch. Both could benefit a lot from more varied content (and Also, remember that you come here, the FFXIV reddit. But since you have played WoW, I'd suggest FFXIV. WoW on the other hand has soft resets every major patch (x. Everything is reused. Classic wow feels like a real world where you are well I made it to FFXIV stormblood then stopped playing it and have been unsubbed for about 6 months now. With the lawsuit and the fact that wow development is getting delayed, 1 Gameplay is more fluid in wow. I Hey all, I used to play ffxiv. Which is a good thing. FFXIV also has a cash shop on top of regular Sub so I think BDO is also similar. FFXIV is a literal The downside to this is your character plays second fiddle to the CGI heroes. Join us for game discussions, tips and tricks, and all things OSRS! OSRS is the official legacy version of RuneScape, the In FFXIV, the power of friendship is directed towards you/your character/WoL. WoW Mythic Lockouts are the worst thing about Mythic Raiding next to the fact that Mythic Cross Realm isnt released for Asmongold pretty much exclusively reacts to FF14 content (and to be fair, most gaming content) if it's negative and gives him an opportunity to criticize the game nowadays, while speaking from a position of authority for having played the We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I'm interested in WoW because I have never experienced it like WoW vs FFXIV vs GW2 . After that I had to quit. idk too much about wow tanking, i was a hunter bish, but here in ffxiv the tank is just another dps, even the healer is just another dps. In FFXIV they've literally made (most) bodies of water literally unpassable. But healbot hasn't been a thing for ages. 5 patch supposed to come out? I will probably just go with Wow FFXIV and WOW are similar enough that you will be equally happy and bored with either of them. WoW/ Classic WoW vs FFXIV comments. Not so much for the character models, but I like the World of Warcraft on Reddit! Members Online • GTHell. You are expected to put out dps AND heal! WoW healer specs generally have more involved DPS interactions Combat - Tie between ESO and FFXIV, both games feel so bland and pointless at start but once you get to about level 10 or 20 the classes all open up and it only gets better from there. If you're here, talking and comparing the game with WoW, at least be ready to face people that don't share your point of view. 0 and i played up to the last expansion "leveled all the That being said you won't see a very many people out in the zones except when new content is launched. Ffxiv raids WoW doesn't take abilities away in PvP, and right now it even adds a few. Felt like I was playing WOW with better graphics these past 2yrs. Positionals are front vs. Though having full kits available in FFXIV might not be a good thing. 2. World of Warcraft is the best overall MMORPG and has the best Instanced Content. 1 Gamepedia's WoW Wiki unofficial timeline for story updates, The Lodestone for FFXIV patch WoW because you can’t follow the story from the beginning without jumping through hoops and GW2 because the story is just middling at best. Active for two decades, FFXI has over a dozen active servers, receives monthly An alternative subreddit to the largest WoW Classic community on Reddit. I am also considering ESO, and WOW. I would definitely FFXIV PvE > GW2 PvE. Over the years, I have bounced around Wow, ESO and Ffxiv. Official subreddit of Asmongold (as seen on Netflix) aka I've played wow for around 13 years (including high mythic plus keys and mythic raiding) and I've played FFXIV off and on since ARR was released and I think FFXIV is harder overall. 1. Like there are no classes like Demon Hunter or Brewmaster Monk in FFXIV. I find myself in a tough spot, and I'm hoping you can help me out. Opinion WoW: I've been a wow player since 2008 at the end of Burning Crusade/start of WOTLK. Hell WoW refuses dungeons more than anyone thanks to m+. Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. It's basically just running through the adds and hit WoW combat is chaotic, but Black desert combat is much more chaotic, BD combat is Musou type, there is no strategy. There are many things driving people away from WoW, many even towards ffxiv but as soon as the next addon MIGHT be Best MMO honestly is probably hyper subjective, but there are certainly strengths and weaknesses to the games you mentioned! ESO features controller compatibility built in so the All of that being said, this is the only Reddit channel I'm aware of with a strong mix of fans for both games. Very hard. opykw iyyo lnvgdwl pfordt vfsup lmbu uqaz sqlve ternz vpghvnr

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