Having played WoW for 3 full years,
out of which for two, the ony thing that gave me any fun was raiding,
to the point that I started leading raids in T6 for the challenge,
after 5 months of EVE, WoW seems so scripted and restricted I
can't even touch it.
the only thing I've realized is that where wow is fun
(for some, I feel a bit old to see the fun in /loving bunnies at 27)
EVE is cool. the things you get involved in,
the freedom and the power are just incomparable,
and yes, I feel the power even in my puny underskilled ishkur!

@jkjudgex: the fact that old players are more powerful than newer ones is not bad in my eyes, there's still a very big game for young pilots, and if anything it adds realism, and a sense of reward to the player for time invested. In fact it annoyed me when I got left behind for a couple of months to see people outgear me, when years ahead of them I have been geared in 6/8 T2.
It's not necesarily bad, it just annoys me personaly to pay a subscription for a game that's not persistent and the work I put into my character accounts to nothing in the long run.

Anyway, sorry for participating to the derailing of this post to a EVE - WoW debate, just felt I had to give my 2c.

+ the reasons in SgtBaker's last two senteces got me HOOKED.