Chris Metzen might be the first Thief, making good use of its theft xD
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Some of the things announced for their upcoming expansion are lifted straight from ESO and GW2 also. The dynamic flying in dragonflight was lifted straight from GW2 and they even copied the promo vid. I honestly don't have a problem with it if it makes WoW a better game.
think it is too early to say they steal sth, but if anything good come out of it then its fine, even tho i did not play WoW since Mist of Pandaria
I never played WOW, but I did listen to Asmon's reaction to the newest presentation Blizzard did and one thing I heard that I wish FF would do is more Overworld content. Use the world map for more things other than FATES and Hunts.
I always said Chocobo racing should be done on the world map. Imagine spectating the race like you did the fights in Bozja (1v1).
Would be awesome!
Of course, it doesn't have to be Chocobo racing, but something else. Maybe give this project to their new members and see what they can come up with.
If the idea works, it works. I am cautiously optimistic for WoW and the way it goes with Metzen on board now
It's crazy how much FFXIV had to take from WoW and other MMO's to develop into the success it has become today but now that we see Blizzard doing the same thing it's suddenly bad to take inspiration. Square Enix has literally admitted before that they took great inspiration from World of Warcraft.
It's healthy to look at your game, realize it's lacking and adapt to what others are doing. That being said, it's probably a good idea to be skeptical with what Blizzard has promised knowing their history, yet I'm still optimistic. FFXIV players being this defensive isn't a great look and sort've goes against their reputation of being kind.
OG WoW was just EverQuest + so this is nothing new.
Yeah not gunna lie this saga leading up to this major light verse dark same as SHB and EW and a 3 story saga? FFXIV is already a saga. Blizz can't do stories for crud and have to rip off somewhere. FFXIV has some of the best stories around. The reason why blizz storyline was crap is Because they didn't know how to write a good story. The game started as PvP against horde vs alliance and added some slap stick story to try and keep their audience. Also alot of wow people play for ERP, M+ and PvP that was what they known for. And since their crap at story telling got to rip it from somewhere . I mean take a look at gorrosh and sylvanis,,great Character and blizz butured them with bad plot pitfalls and horrible story writing
Did they finally upgrade the graphics in WoW or does it still look like a 20 year old game?
You're reaching so much when trying to compare what wow took from ff14.
This comparison is dumb. Mmo RPG "steal" ideas from each other all the time and this is actually good. If it works and gamers like it, why not? Every mmo have a tons of features copied from World of Warcraft, l'm happy for them actually evolve into something better than their old formula.
the problem with WOW is they bring out 3 books to tell all the story they never put in the game expansion, unless they change this I'm not interested in going back i love FF xiv
Like I don’t mind games taking inspiration from each other but I’m sorry the Azem crystal was a hard copy. It also the sequence of events it happens. FFXIV announces an end to a saga, WoW follows up close behind. FFXIV announces Shadowbringer, Wow announces Shadowland and Wow always releases the same time when FF14 expansion is announced. For such a big franchise they are so insecure. I’m all in for taking inspiration but sabotaging another game spotlight as a marketing ploy shouldn’t be encouraged
ffxiv also stole from wow…
For those, that didn't make it past reading the Title and then writing a comment:
I absolutely endorse the fact, that "stealing" in this case, which is more like "taking inspiration" is going to benefit both games.
Yes, Final Fantasy did this in the past, as Yoshida explicitly stated so himself, so it is a natural and healthy act to do the same on Blizzard's end.
Thank you for watching.
Or for just stopping by to answer the OUTRAGEOUS title.
I appreciate your positive take on the situation!
I'm still reluctant to trust that WoW will be able to execute their grand vision in a way that lives up to the hype, but it's a good sign that they're focusing on a long-term story rather than just "big moments" for a change.
Here is my thing i dont mind World of WarCraft borrowing ideas ( copy ing) but they doooo waaaaaaay to much. But if they going to do this then they better put the efforts to make it good
I'm really into both WoW lore and FFXIV story, The Hydaelyn/Zodiark ark is probably my favorite story of all video games, but if you think WoW lore is straight up copying FF you are so wrong, Void, Light, Azeroth being a female, dragons… All of this are in the WoW lore even before FFXIV existed, I don't know why WoW is rent free in FF players mind, WoW can't have nice things because if it does is derivative of FF? you guys need to stop, focus on Dawntrail looks promising and let WoW players enjoy something ffs!
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If they copy, then ff14 will simply do better. Just because they copied the same story concept doesn’t mean that they’ll pull it off well. wow’s gameplay philosophy and the way the game is structured doesn’t allow for much, if any meaningful storytelling that’ll actually have people hooked UNLESS they’re planning to completely re-haul how they tell their stories through the game.
The wow writers aren’t even a fraction as competent in their jobs compared to the 14 writers, and most importantly of all is that the wow community doesn’t give two fucks about the game’s story 💀💀 the second blizz realizes that no one cares about the story they’ll stop putting effort and spending development time on it. They should just focus on what they always did best: raiding and mythic +
Alot of what was announced was things the wow community asked for. I dont think they are "stealing" anything, they are listening to their community and trying to fix what is broken. Its commendable, and i will definitely give it a go next year. ^^
I have xiv brain because i can't see "underground zone with vegitation despite being underground, sky-like roof and glowing yellow thing in the roof casting artificial sun-light and not immediately think "oh, that's Labyrinthos ." despite the fact that the vibe WoW's new Hallowfall area is going for is clearly different. Besides the buildings and plants just looking different i mean. My assumption is that the yellow glowing thing is the tip of the giant sword that got stabbed into the planet so it just kind of seems some people have been taking advantage of that rather than the object being put there by people for the purpose of providing light and possibly life to the area. The people in question appear to be religious zealots of some description and judging by the name they were forced out of their homes when strife came knocking, either the scourge or the horde. i don't know if its been stated how long they've been underground but if they were forced out by one of these events and resettled at that location they'd have been there for a couple of decades by now, if i was going to make a thematic comparison i might draw one between the moon and hallowfall – assuming its a refuge and not a newly built staging ground or something.