@Alan: I wouldn't say Alganon is necessarily "doomed". A lower-priced knockoff of a popular brand can often be quite successful in the marketplace. It used to be people in the US wouldn't even consider buying a foreign-built automobile and now look....

What remains to be seen is the pricing for this game. If Alganon attempts to charge premium prices for a knockoff, I'm guessing they'll fail big time. But if they (1) have a lower monthly sub and/or or (2) offer some feature that makes this game go one better than WoW, they may just do OK.

I, for one, would happily consider playing a decently made "WoW clone" that was basically structured like WoW but, say, offered single-player versions of the instances and/or a $5 or $10//month subscription fee.

In any case, although I have played WoW extensively (and like it well enough), I have an eye on Alaganon and am waiting to see if this games give me a good-enough reason to "jump ship."