Originally Posted by
Rogalicus
IMO, they both are not that great. WoW is oversimplified as hell, FFXIV is bloated with combos, small self-buffs every 30 sec, small target debuffs every 30 sec, fire-and-forget buffs like BotD, several damage cooldowns, off-GCD buttons with immense cooldowns and so on. Also FFXIV rotations feel very static, you mostly press the same buttons in the same order every fight.
Still better than people you see in WoW's LFD and LFR, who don't even bother to come out of fire or do any mechanics.