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[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 79 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can't imagine still wanting to utilize the product/service of a company that laid me off, especially a company that was laying off out of sociopathic shareholder appeasement and not actual struggles.

It isn't an essential utility. There are better MMOs.

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago

Are there? I haven't played WoW in close to a decade, but have yet to find anything that scratches the same itch.

[-] Xanvial@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

I think FF14 is up there with WoW. I particularly like that you don't need an alt to play different classes

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I played both quite a bit. Went back to FF14 and it's still very good.

Community is still awesome, but I can feel it when someone comes over fresh from WoW in early PuGs.

Just facerolling everything and not giving the healer/caster a chance to catch up or even be in the room when he pulls aggro on literally everything in sight.

I call him out and tell him to slow down. He doesn't. Tells me off. Then dies from over pulling... and yes he confirmed he came from WoW. Some people are hardheaded.

That said I could count the knuckleheads I've had to deal with on one hand.

Being able to do pretty much everything with one character is amazing. No pay to win. (Cosmetics micros). Flat monthly fee was refreshing after dealing with all the free to start games/pay to win games.

OHH! And raiding has a pity system you can just buy your gear after enough runs.

[-] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

It's considered standard to pull wall-to-wall in dungeons, though. There's an exception for earlier dungeons when your kit is nerfed and most people don't have AoE, but if you aren't doing it by level 50 content, people are going to get impatient.

But I think the key is that it doesn't matter if you wipe or not, unlike WoW. People are a lot more forgiving in FFXIV. I've been playing it for close to 3 years, and played WoW from classic to WotLK, however long that is. I 100% enjoy FFXIV's story and the community more.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Ditto to both

I played ff14 at launch and into ARR a bit. Played wow from around BC launch to WotLK ish as well.

Just saying every game has its hard-headed players, but agreed the community of FF14 is just amazing.

That one aggro guy was a speck on my windshield of an amazingly long and scenic road trip.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

I stopped playing WoW literally because as a tank, people get shitty about it if you don't pull CONTINUOUSLY. Like give a guy a break to breathe or pee.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Meanwhile you have casters and healers raiding with just one freaking hand on a rotation. Multitasking like crazy. Eating, reading a book, watching TV and ... other one handed things.

[-] Xanvial@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah the raid token is really great, especially for people that don't have stable raid party like me. Can just do raid and expect I will always get a new gear after few runs. Not just waiting for RNG mercy

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