I'm asking this question of both Final Fantasy XIV and Guild Wars 2, because I'm tired of WoW and what seems to me to be the arrogence of the developers there. (Plus the art style is one level above a crayon. Haha) I am trying to decide whether to go for either FFXIV or GW2. I don't have the ability to dedicate myself to more than one game. I have tried both out. Each has positives and negatives.

Jun 25, 2015 - What it means is that for one price you will get the new expansion plus the. It was made available for pre-purchase on Tuesday night during the PC Gaming Show E3 conference. Existing Guild Wars 2 players have to spend £34.99 to play Heart of Thorns. It doesn't change the price for expansion.

But what I want to know is: Who will be around for the long run? Guild Wars 2 has a hard row to hoe being Buy to Play. Their financials make me wonder if it will still be around, putting out new content in a few years. Final Fantasy XIV has the advantage of a subscription, meaning more incentive to keep investing in it as long as the profit is there. Questions is: Is the profit there? Tera just came to the console actually, so it's not a bad idea. But, neither one is likely to go anywhere.

With that said, they are vastly different games and you are likely to not enjoy any if you don't have an open mind. FFXIV is alot like WoW, but the GCD is alot slower.

This is not only in the combat, everything is the game is slower paced. For me, it drives me mad. But, if you can tolerate it, it's a good game. GW2 is completely different. Theres no gear treadmill and earning your first set of ascended gear is gonna take you months. After that it can become easier if you manage to join a raiding team. But in this game you will be doing alot of grinding.

Exploring the maps is a joy, doing the metas is amazing, but doing them dozens of times is something you have to get use to. This because gold is very valuable in GW2 and you will need it to buy consumables or craft gear (or gain gems to buy cosmetics in the market).

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Well, i dunno if you are interested in TERA, but tera has an action combat and an endgame based on challenging dungeons and less challenging raids. But the gear treadmill end is virtually impossible to get to as it will require insane mats and has a big chance to not succeed when enchanting your gear (until the next gear patch comes around).

Depends on you. None of them are quite like WoW.

FFXIV might be the closest though. Guild Wars 2 is a fantastic game that lacks a sizable community because people are unsure of investing their time in a game that may or may not be around forever. What they don't understand is that GW2 is profitable, and will easily be around for years to come.I think alot of people don't even think about that. But there is a lack of a hardcore community for the most part. The community that existed seems to have become less motivated because the raids are at the pace of about 1 per year.

And at the end of the day, without a gear treadmill, there isn't much point imo. With that said, the maps and the story content is amazing and well worth playing by itself. Guild Wars 2 is among NCsoft's smaller titles, but its sales are healthy enough that it's unlikely to be going anywhere so long as they continue their steady stream of gem store content and expansions.

And I wouldn't even worry about Final Fantasy XIV's profits. As to which will be around the longest? Both Guild Wars and Final Fantasy XI servers are still running (the latter only on PC, for obvious reasons) so it's hard to say. In any case, I wouldn't let the game's financial performance be your deciding factor in this case. It's a good game, but my biggest issue with it is returning to it is a legit chore. Picking up where you left off is a GIGANTIC undertaking. Terrible 'quest log.'

Terrible UI in general. It needs improvement. Want to try out the new 'classes' they introduce in an expansion? It's an enormous chore. I wanted to try a Druid class, but being able to do that was a real mess. It was a mess because i quit GW2 for a while and tried to go back to it.