With disappointment over the latest patch widespread, many other players were simply looking for alternatives. BellularGaming, JesseCox and more all made long videos detailing why they were moving to FFXIV and what WoW is currently lacking. With Blizzard seemingly ignoring criticism and failing the expectations of its playerbase during the long wait for the patch and even now in the aftermath many outspoken personalities from the community have jumped ship and given FFXIV a try. Not exactly what you would call a success…. The cinematic that was supposed to mark the highpoint of Patch 9.1 is instead just gathering dislikes on YouTube as we go: The first major patch was only launched 8 months into the game and the reception among the players has been poor. The current expansion, Shadowlands, had high hopes pinned on it immediately, but after a successful launch, the old complaints came back with a vengeance: Grindy gameplay, fast and loose storywriting, long downtimes between patches and more.

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But in recent years many players have started to criticize Blizzard’s largest game, especially as Battle for Azeroth disappointed many fans. Many titles have been touted the “WoW Killer” but most have just faded away, never coming close to competing with what is still one of the most popular games in the world. This naturally leads us to the question: Just what is happening and why now? The slow fall of World of WarcraftĮver since World of Warcraft became the smashing hit that put MMOs in the spotlight developers all over the world have tried to dethrone the genre-defining game. Usually a MMO sees a surge in players as major patches or new expansions drops, but in FFXIV’s case the game is actually in the post-expansion lull as there are no major patches planned until the release of the next addon Endwalker in November. How is WoW so bad that Square runs out of digital copies of FFXIV /34drr37g9A

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