Wow is wow and will continue to be a force in MMO's for a while to come but i think AION will give it a run for it's money...I've played Wow for years and was GM of the same guild for most of that time (only recently did i hand it over to an officer). Blizzard has another patch coming up and an expansion in the works, my problem with wow is a common one i believe with most of it's gamers that have been with it for the long haul. Original wow was amazing, with each expansion it loses some of what made it great. This is only my opinion but when u can easily skip through all of the original wow and TBC in a relatively short amount of time with lil or no real group contact or playtime it hurts the endgame. Wow is indeed wow and it will be around for a long time, but then again..EQ is still around too.