I just returned after a loong break.
There are good things in WoW and there are things which need improvement
I LOVE LOVE LOVE FF14 personal story and it feels like you actually get a sense of a story.
I KNOW its two different games but here are some areas which I think could make WoW better
Quivers for all bows/xbows. Optional to hide if you dont like. All bows in ff14 has quivers which i just love.
More fluent transmog. FF14 has sandals, earrings, rings, dyes etc. WoW got WAY more transmog options but it needs to have more casual clothes. I dislike the boots in wow, i know i can hide them but more casual options which doesnt look like i am walking in heavy boots all the time be good. (There might be some cloth ones but im a mail wearer )
A total removal of ALL transmog limits would also be good. Its purely cosmetics so why not
I would defo pay money to be able to get NPCS transmog (you can in ff14 )
There is no point in lvling up other than lvling… I dont get a sence of the games story other than to rush to max lvl and then grind grind grind grind. I dont know if this ever change but I hope so
Graphic just got a tweek and WoW always had it´s own feel but it feel so outdated compared to other games so even more graphic tweeking would be good. More hair colors, more hairstyles, etc. Not saying WoW needs to copy FF14 or other games but it could do with even more tweeking of graphics
enable all gathering proffesions to become avalible for one character. Just gathering thats all i ask. After playing ff14 and having acces to all on one char i really miss this. Dont get me wrong i dont want my druid and my hunter in wow to be the same character, but be able to mine, skin and harvest flowers on one char would be nice.
Community - in ff14 you have a novice channel where ppl can get help and everyone is super nice and friendly. I played WoW for long and never seen a community like that here. Not sure what could be done to improve but IMO there should be done something
Mechanics. I LOVE that you can solo old content in WoW, but somethings just dont make sense anymore. Yes it was important to get Deathwings backplates blasted open in a raid back when it was relevant, but as a solo player having to do it and wait for it is just… yeah nonsense. Let me just skip a TOTALLY unnessesary mechanicsm which actually takes more than one player . Same with the achivement for the irondwars getting killed in Uldudar… make it possible for high lvl solo players to do it solo… not sure how but needs to be worked on
Reward me when I come back. I came back after more than 1 year… nothing saying "Ohh WELCOME! We missed you here is "insert stuff i missed while i was gone… e.g. xmas gifts " or something.
That is all I had to say. FF14 and WoW is two different games but no reason why they cannot learn from eachother. NOT copy but just learn