World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Is 'Stealing' a Feature From Final Fantasy 14

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Blizzard announced that its popular MMORPG World of Warcraftwill be getting a whole new expansion: Dragonflight. The upcoming expansion will take players into the Dragon Isles with deeper lore, a new Evoker class and Dracthyr race, and areas to explore.

Dragonflight looks to be one of the biggest expansions that the MMORPG has received in a long time. While fans of the game are excited for some changes to come, a number of avid MMO players have claimed thatthe upcoming expansion «stole» a key crafting feature from World of Warcraft competitor Final Fantasy 14.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight — What Happened to the Dragon Aspects

«Professions» were introduced with the original World of Warcraft in 2004. Players could pick two primary professions to match their WoW class, potentially a mix between the Gathering, Production, and Service categories; «Production» being the official name for crafting and eight professions. Those who chose at least one Production profession could craft items, mostly for themselves, although anything not soulbound can be sold in the Auction House.

For the most part, crafting in World of Warcraft was just another way to pass the time. There wasn't much incentive for players to pursue a profession aside from making some extra gold, but even then there were better ways to earn in-game currency. Since its introduction, there haven't been many updates to the gameplay system aside from the addition of new professions and crafting legendary armor.

Meanwhile, Final Fantasy 14's crafting is a completely different ballgame. Officially called «Disciples of the Hand,» players have eight crafting classes at their disposal. Final Fantasy 14 allows players to specialize in all Disciples if they want to, a complete