Atm ffxiv is having a plethora of issues

ral wrote: »

been playing eso for 2 years almost 3 now. Master crafter, have the skin, farmed maelstrom. Nothing much to do anymore but doing daily writs and pvp. Dungeons is just useless now since I already have all the monster sets in the right trait with left over keys. Now logging in feels like a chore. And when I pvp I'm always saying to myself what's the point? I'm not having fun like I used to when I was a scrub. Giving ff 14 in some random day was the best decision ever. The game have so much to offer than what eso can do. So many more classes. So much more to do in the game. Very good dungeon finder system. While you que for a dungeon you can go do other things while waiting cause they actually tell you what number you are in the waiting list. So much more to explain but that's not the topic here. I'm still a sub for eso cause I love to support eso hoping for better future content. But for now, I'm enjoying ff 14 a lot more.

So basically you did everything in ESO and got bored so you started a new MMO and are amazed because you haven't done everything.

Ok then.

josiahva wrote: »

I tried FFXIV....and after about an hour called it quits...the auto attacks were annoying, the cooldowns were annoying, the lack of voice acting stood out as particularly cheap in this day and age. There was no fun whatsoever to be had. Admittedly I dont play a lot of MMOs...but even Ultima Online back in the day was far better than FFXIV....what a disappointment that game was

You didn't get far enough into the game I guess, cause nowadays NPCs don't stfu during cutscenes, granted the lip synching is in old school japanese voice over dubbing so it is totally off in regards to actual lip movement and what they're actually saying.

For me is still be ESO but others I'll play SWL and BDO

Malthorne wrote: »

The biggest difference I see between ff14 and ESO is the amount of love and respect the ff14 players have and show for the game developers. Naoki Yoshida is like a rock god to those guys. The ESO/FF14 communities are like night and day in that regard.

Like a lot of people, I've played both games for months/years. Very different games, but not a whole lot to choose between them when it comes to enjoyment. My FF gaming goes back all the way to FFVII, and I've played almost every FF game that was subsequently released, including their first MMO FFXI which was awesome. And I'll certainly be trying out future FF games.There has never been a better franchise.

But ESO is my personal game of choice of the two under discussion, and unless I get pulled away by another FF game, I'll be staying here for a long time.

Unfortunately, I agree entirely with the above poster's comments. Naoki Yoshida is indeed a gaming rock god, and maybe some of it is due to the fact that he is upfront and simply THERE. It's not the ESO/FFXIV communities that are like night and day.....it's the ESO/FFXIV devs. Sad but true.

I played FFXIV for years. Objectively there is a LOT more to do in FFXIV than ESO and it simply does things better than ESO.

In ESO you basically do combat, decorate your house or collect (motifs). I don't count crafting because there's not that much worth crafting and it's simplistic in design.

In FFXIV you do combat, decorate your house (but can do gardening to create various beneficial and unique items), collect stuff, crafting (is as indepth as the combat with skills, gear and a MUCH MUCH broader array of things to craft such as choco mount skins), chocobo racing/breeding, Gold Saucer mini games, guild expeditions (that reward unique skinned armor and other treasures), has a transmog system, better market system...there is probably a lot more but I haven't played for over a year.

That being said, I prefer ESO. FFXIV is almost too overwhelming in all the things to do. In terms of breadth of content, FFXIV owns ESO over and over and over again. I like ESO better regardless. The combat is more to my liking.

I prefer ESO, but FFXIV is my-go-to game when I need a break. Both are very different and nice for different reasons

Also there's nothing in FFXIV with the stress/ skill-requirement/ reward (just winning, not the actual RNG lottery) of Maelstrom or Vet Trials.