FFXIV\u2019s World First winners explain how Final Fantasy raids are more \u201caccessible\u201d than WoW YouTube: Shalfu, DexertoFollowing their jaw-dropping Final Fantasy XIV Dragonsong\u2019s Reprise Race to World First win, Neverland have broken down why FFXIV\u2019s raiding scene is more accessible than rival title, World of Warcraft. 2021 marked the rebirth of the MMORPG. With New World and Lost Ark finally hitting our screens and Final Fantasy XIV growing exponentially following a mass exodus from World of Warcraft, swathes of players have flocked to these expansive universes in search of new adventures. In FFXIV\u2019s case, interest around Race to World First events has also spiked. Following on from an insane WoW Shadowlands RWF, the Dragonsong\u2019s Reprise competition saw record numbers tuning in to catch a glimpse of Neverland\u2019s unexpected victory. Comparing the two games\u2019 competitive raiding scene is hardly an easy task, but the Neverland squad broke down the fundamental differences for Dexerto \u2013 and also explained why this has led to an increase in interest around high-tier raiding. Neverland explain differences between FFXIV & WoW raids While parallels have been drawn between Square Enix and Blizzard\u2019s MMORPGs, Neverland firmly believe that FFXIV\u2019s raid system is far more accessible to players who can\u2019t plow hours and hours into grinding. \u201cI think [FFXIV\u2019s raids] are created to be very accessible,\u201d Zeppe told Dexerto. \u201cWoW releases patches very rarely but it\u2019s a very big one, so it\u2019s a very long race but then the gaps between them are relatively long. In Final Fantasy, the events are usually shorter \u2013 Savage usually lasts about a day or two, and an Ultimate about a week on average \u2013 but you get an event around every three to four months instead. \u201cI think this makes it more accessible for people because you can plan for it and the patch cycles are very reliable\u201d he continues. \u201cI can tell you right now when 6.2 is going to hit, when 6.3 is going to hit; I can make the plans for those now. \u201cAlso, the way gear works in Final Fantasy is very lenient. Every new Savage tier effectively resets the gear and every new player can craft their own gear. It\u2019s very affordable, it doesn\u2019t need a lot of Gil [FFXIV\u2019s in-game currency], so that way they ensure that anyone who wants to raid can do so. It takes no effort.\u201d Naarlocke is of a similar opinion, noting \u201cWorld of Warcraft tends to demand a lot of your time with a lot of strong and very important consumables, as well as relying on you having a very large bank of gold and having multiple characters for World First. \u201cThe difference is, in Final Fantasy, there\u2019s very little outside of the raid itself that you can do to prepare outside of just working on your skills. People can actually spend their time living their lives outside of the raid so it\u2019s easier to prepare because they don\u2019t have to revolve their free time around it.\u201d As ex-WoW raiders flock to the emerald pastures of Eorzea, Neverland have noticed an exponential increase in players looking to get involved in the Savage and Ultimate universes. In the FC he worked with before Neverland, Shalfu notes \u201cI was in charge of recruitment, and I had a lot of WoW players coming with Warcraft logs like \u2018I killed this in World of Warcraft,\u2019 and I\u2019m like \u2018sure, it\u2019s not the same!\u2019 I definitely felt like there\u2019s been a sudden influx of WoW players coming and trying out. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to start anew in a new game \u2013 I\u2019ve been there,\u201d he confesses. \u201cBut I hope they continue to grow in Final Fantasy and show their FFXIV achievements instead.\u201d As FFXIV\u2019s competitive sphere continues to skyrocket in popularity, it\u2019ll be interesting to see where it ends up in the future. Until then, though, we\u2019ll be trying out for a spot in Neverland \u2013 after all, they have proven dreams can come true, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FFXIV\u2019s World First winners explain how Final Fantasy raids are more \u201caccessible\u201d than WoW YouTube: Shalfu, DexertoFollowing their jaw-dropping Final Fantasy XIV Dragonsong\u2019s Reprise Race to World First win, Neverland have broken down why FFXIV\u2019s raiding scene is more accessible than rival title, World of Warcraft. 2021 marked the rebirth of the MMORPG. With New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}