For this year’s April Fools' Day shenanigans, severalWorld of WarcraftandFinal Fantasy 14players took to social media to share jokes and reference each game’s plots while swapping the context of one another. Given thatWorld of Warcraftinspired the current iteration ofFinal Fantasy 14, and howWorld of Warcraftlost some of its players toFinal Fantasy 14, the community collaboration came at an excellent time for both games.
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On Reddit, both the r/ffxiv and r/wow subreddits swapped headers, logos, and descriptions for April Fools' Day as part of a collaboration between the two communities. Though the URLs for both subreddits did not change, users had to do a double-take today to ensure they were in the correct subreddit. Once the ruse was figured out, players decided to share out-of-context pictures fromWorld of Warcraftwhilereferencing moments inFinal Fantasy 14, and vice versa. For example, a user on r/wow shared a picture of theirFinal Fantasy 14character “enjoyingDragonflight” while another user referenced the Burning of Teldrassil fromWorld of Warcraftwhile jokingly quoting an infamous scene fromFinal Fantasy 14.
The collaborative effort between the two communities came as bothWorld of WarcraftandFinal Fantasy 14are gearing up for major content updates in the near future.World of WarcraftPatch 10.1, Embers of Neltharion, will take players to the underground of the Dragon isles as they uncover the dark secrets that Deathwing left behind. On the other hand,Final Fantasy 14Patch 6.4, The Dark Throne, will see the Warrior of Light come face-to-face with Golbez, a powerful Voidsent and a reference to theFinal Fantasy 4antagonist of the same name. Both patches will include new story quests and new raid tiers to their respective games, though it remains to be seen when exactly bothWorld of WarcraftandFinal Fantasy 14will launch their respective updates.
Whileboth games have their pros and cons, the collaborative effort between the two player communities to share moments from both games is both heartwarming and overdue. Only time will tell what lies ahead for players of bothWorld of WarcraftandFinal Fantasy 14.
