WoW vs. FFXIV Patch Note Comparisons

Patch x.1

WoW 5.1 Landfall
  • Krasarang Zone Significantly Altered
    • Reputation Grind + Daily Quest Hub
    • Storyline Moments Throughout
    • World PvP Locations
    • Rare Monster Fights (Light Party)
  • Brawler's Guild
    • 6 Ranks of 4 solo fights in a common arena (2 new arena areas, one for each faction)
    • Higher ranks are truly quite difficult
  • Legendary Quest Updates
  • Battle Pet Upgrade Stones introduced, along with a number of new pets
  • 4 New Scenarios (3-Player Non-Trinity content)

WoW 6.1
  • Twitter Integration
  • New Garrison Updates
    • New Main Storyline Quests
    • Daily Quests
    • Summon Raid Bosses inside Garrisons
    • Garrison Music Box

FFXIV 2.1 A Realm Awoken
  • Mor Dhona Significantly Altered
    • New Main Storyline quests
  • New Side Storyline quests (Hildebrand)
  • 2 Reputations Grinds with Daily Quests (Sylphs, and Amalj'aa)
  • 3 New Light Party (4-Player) dungeons:
    • 1 Entirely New
    • 2 Hard modes of old dungeons. Note that in FFXIV, Hard Modes take previous locations, and use new trash, new bosses, and rejiggers the layout. Think what WoW does with old dungeons to spruce them up, i.e.: Deadmines
  • 1 LFR-Style (24-player) Raid: Labyrinth of the Ancients
    • 4 Bosses
  • 5 New Trials (8-player single boss fights):
    • 4 more difficult versions of existing trials: Ifrit, Garuda, Titan, Ultima
    • 1 entirely new trial: King Moggle Mog
  • Instanced Arena-style PvP Matches
  • New Feature: Treasure Hunt. Get a map, find the treasure, fight off the enemies.
  • New Feature: Free Company Housing
  • New Feature: Aesthetician (similar to WoW's Barber Shop)
  • 2.16 (2 Months Later)
    • Legendary Quest Updates
    • 2 New Trials: Dhorme Chimaera, Hydra

Patch x.2

WoW 5.2 The Thunder King
  • Entirely New Zone: Isle of Thunder
    • New Storyline Quests and Solo Story Scenarios
    • Reputation Grind + Daily Quest Hub
    • Many new rare monsters
    • World Raid Boss - Nalak
  • Entirely New Sub-Zone: Isle of Giants
    • Currency Grind
    • World Raid Boss - Oondasta
  • 1 Raid Zone: Throne of Thunder
    • 12 Bosses, 1 Optional
    • 3 Difficulties, LFR, Normal, Heroic
  • Pandaria updated with Zandalari Scouts (1-Player) and Warbringers (5-Player) spawns
  • 1 New Scenario (Solo Treasure Vaults)
  • Legendary Quest Updates
  • New Dailies for Farm

WoW 6.2 (Unreleased)
  • Entirely New Zone: Tanaan Jungle
    • New Main Storyline Quests
    • Daily Quest Hubs
    • Treasure Hunting
    • Rare Spawns
  • New Feature: Shipyards
  • 1 Raid, Hellfire Citadel
    • 13 Bosses, LFR, Normal, Heroic, Mythic difficulties
  • New Mythic 5-Player Dungeon Difficulty
  • New Feature: Bonus Events
    • 10 Timewalker Dungeons with Item Scaling
    • Dungeon Bonuses
    • Battlegrounds Bonuses
    • Arena Bonuses
    • Currency Bonuses
    • Pet Battle Bonuses
  • Legendary Quest Updates

FFXIV 2.2 Through the Maelstrom
  • New Main Storyline Quests
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Hildebrand)
  • 2 Reputation Grinds with Daily Quests (Kobold, and Sahagin)
  • 3 New Dungeons
    • 1 Entirely New
    • 2 Hard modes of old dungeons
  • 1 Raid, Second Coil of Bahamut
    • 4 Bosses
  • 4 New Trials
    • 2 entirely new trials: Leviathan, Gilgamesh
    • 2 more difficult versions of existing trials: King Moggle Mog, Leviathan
  • Gardening added to Housing
  • Significant Housing Updates
  • New Feature: Challenge Log (Weekly quests, effectively)
  • New Feature: Glamours (Similar to Transmogrification in WoW)
  • New Feature: Retainer Ventures (Send your minions into the world on missions)
  • 2.28 (2 Months Later)
    • Legendary Quest Updates
    • New Feature: Sightseeing Log (Similar to GW2's Vistas)

Patch x.3

WoW 5.3 Escalation
  • PvP Arena
  • PvP Battleground
  • 4 Entirely New Scenarios
  • 6 Heroic Scenarios
    • Bonus Objectives Feature
  • Existing Zone Minorly Altered: Barrens
    • Currency Grind
    • Dynamic Events
    • Group Spawns
  • Legendary Quest Updates
  • Brawler's Guild Updates
    • 2 Extra Ranks of 4 Solo Fights
  • More Battle Pet Updates
    • More Pets

FFXIV 2.3 Defenders of Eorzea
  • New Main Storyline Quests
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Hildebrand)
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Moogle Delivery)
  • 3 New Dungeons
    • 1 Entirely New
    • 2 Hard modes of old dungeons
  • 2 New Trials
    • 1 Entirely new trial: Ramuh
    • 1 more difficult version of existing trials: Ramuh
  • 1 LFR-Style Raid: Syrcus Tower
    • 4 Bosses
  • New Difficulty for Existing Raid
    • Savage Mode for Second Coil of Bahamut
  • PvP "Battleground", Frontline
  • New Feature: Chocobo Training
  • New Feature: Private Estate Rooms in Free Company Housing
  • New Feature: Hunts
    • World spawns and world bosses that players can hunt for gear/currency
  • 2.35 (1 Month Later)
    • Reputation Grind with Daily Quests (Ixal)
  • 2.38 (2 Months Later)
    • Legendary Quest Updated
    • More Moogle Delivery Quests

Patch x.4

WoW 5.4 Siege of Orgrimmar
  • Entirely New Zone: Timeless Isle
    • New Main Storyline Quests
    • Reputation Grind
    • Currency Grind
    • Treasure Hunting
    • Rare Spawns
    • Jumping/Exploration Puzzles
  • 5 New World Raid Bosses
    • 4 Celestials, Ordos
  • New Feature: Flexible Raids
  • 1 Raid, Siege of Orgrimmar
    • 14 Bosses
    • 4 Difficulties, LFR, Flex, Normal, Heroic
  • New Feature: Proving Grounds
  • Legendary Quest Updates

FFXIV 2.4 Dreams of Ice
  • New Main Storyline Quests
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Hildebrand)
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Moogle Delivery)
  • New Class/Job: Rogue/Ninja
    • New Class Quests as well
  • 3 New Dungeons
    • 1 Entirely New
    • 2 more difficult versions of existing dungeons
  • 1 Raid, Final Coil of Bahamut
    • 4 Bosses
  • 3 New Trials
    • 2 Entirely New: Shiva, Dragon's Neck
    • 1 more difficult versions of existing trials: Shiva
  • 2.45 (2 Months Later)
    • Legendary Quest Updates
    • New Delivery Moogle Quests
    • New Feature: Ceremony of Eternal Bonding

Patch x.5

WoW - None

FFXIV 2.5 Before the Fall
  • New Main Storyline Quests
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Hildebrand)
  • New Side Storyline Quests (Moogle Delivery)
  • 3 New Dungeons
    • 1 Entirely New
    • 2 more difficult versions of existing dungeons
  • 3 New Trials
    • All entirely new
  • 1 LFR-Style Raid, World of Darkness
    • 4 Bosses
  • New PvP Battleground (Frontlines)
  • 2.51 (1 Month Later)
    • Legendary Quest Updates
    • New Delivery Moogle Quests
    • New Zone: Manderville Gold Saucer
      • New Feature: Chocobo Racing, includes Chocobo Breeding
      • New Feature: Triple Triad Card Game
      • Other mini games such as Cactpot and GATEs
  • 2.55 (2 Months Later)
    • New Main Storyline Quests
    • New Side Storyline Quests (Moogle Delivery)
    • 1 New Trial

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