The Elder Scrolls Online is one of the few buy-to-play MMORPGs capable of maintaining a purchase-to-play model. With the state that World of Warcraft is currently in, along with the genre itself, Final Fantasy XIV is fast on its way to becoming the most populated MMORPG online.Įspecially considering it’s Shadowbringers expansion is set to debut as its largest expansion to date. This removes a lot of the tedium players often get when leveling alts and means that any store-related purchases can be retained on one single character.Īlthough the game lacks a little in terms of character creation initially, it does offer an extensive customization system in-game with which you can personalize your character to quite a substantial degree. It also has one of the most unique classing systems I’ve come across, allowing for every single class in-game to be leveled on a single character. And each expansion continues that story to alarming depths. I’ve never, personally, been as engaged in the story of an MMO as I am in Final Fantasy XIV’s. The game has one of – if not the largest focus on story that I’ve come across in an MMO. Some people are turned off by the lack of action combat and by the long global cooldown on skills at lower levels, but honestly.

Unlike a lot of currently popular MMOs, Final Fantasy XIV employs a tab-target combat system. Many other MMOs like Rift, Aion, WildStar, TERA, Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online and a plethora of others had to swap to a free-to-play model to survive, but Final Fantasy XIV proved that people are more than willing to pay for quality. Final Fantasy XIV is one of the few pay-to-play MMORPGs left capable of maintaining a subscription-based model.

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