WoW has, ironically, changed quite a bit.
The main thing I'm noticing is that... Every single positive thing it's gained, as far as I can see, is taken wholesale from FFXIV.
Account-wide most-things.
NPC-party dungeons.
Little scaling world events like Delves (FATEs)
The completely customizeable UI positioning
The way it handles a loooooot of things now has just been taken straight from FFXIV, and, honestly? Good! I've been saying this for years, and they did it, and lo, the game is better for it! Solo dungeons with NPCs is HUGE tbh.
FFXIV could stand to take a scant few things from WoW, too. Namely the much enjoyed 'choose an expansion to level through' style of levelling WoW has now. I know it wouldn't work for the MSQ of FFXIV, but CBU3 seriously need to figure out how to cut the MSQ down without charging players $20 or w/e to skip it entirely.
Give us a truncated levelling experience that is an expansion-sized summary of the other expacs. Make them replayable for those curious. Literally anything. They're shooting themselves in the foot SO HARD by requiring players to play through the game in order of worst to best.
