I've played both. To tell you the truth I dont really like either of them. Im not a patient guy but I like FFXI cuz it was my first p2p mmo. But other than that...let me just tell you somethin: both games are great but this is what ruined them both for me.
Having to catch up. :|
I was dragged into wow when all my friends were already 60-70. So I had to party by myself or with complete strangers (even tho thats not necessarily a bad thing) to catch up. In the end i got fed up and quit at 53 lol.
That same month I decided to go back to FFXI cuz my other friends that played said they would help me reach them, cuz they were max too, but they always had to do some crazy BGNM or some junk with their linkshell or just plain too busy lvling their Bsts :| So again I had to lvl alone.
What I noticed is that lving is much slower in FFXI. I could maybe get to 20+ in 1 day in wow. In FFXI its a lil harder. :x
Although I dislike the combat system in wow, imo its better than the early FFXI combat system. When i say early, i mean when you barely have any skills. :| At lvl 20 in wow, some jobs might have an almost full hot bar. In FFXI you get burning blade as a warrior at lvl...what lvl was it? Well either way you dont get many skills in the early lvls. Not having played FFXI higher than lvl 20ish I cant tell you how end game battles are.
But in the end, WoW is for simple minded/casual/impatient/whatever you wanna call it, people. And FFXI is for the more patient...just patient i guess.
Dont get me wrong when i say simple minded, i mean straight forward players. My bad :P If i had to choose which to start playing again, i would probably go for wow.
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