First off you are a complete jerkoff. The fact you play SWG with the other 3 people in this world proves the point. Before dissing EQ, log off, buy a gun and place in the center of your mouth. When that is done pull the trigger. Your're saving yourself from the amount of fail your mom did by not going with that abortion.

Well, first off, you are all idiots. Now, I can't say I actually like WoW, cause I don't. I'm more of an SWG person, even though that game is pretty much failing 24/7. What can I say, I'm a Star Wars nerd. However, about the only thing WoW and Everquest have in common is that they're both games you have to pay to play. All MMO's are concerned with DPS. If you don't care about how good you're character is, no one is going to want to hang with you. You're just wasting your time. So called "twinks" can get annoying, but it's up to each individual on how to play. Twinking isn't even that big in WoW. It's pretty much died out.
As far as Everuqest (And Everquest 2) are concerned, both games are, oh, how to say this...horrible and retarded. They both are pretty much garbage, and EQ2 actually IS an EQ clone. WoW has basically reinvented the MMO genre. I wish SWG would take their UI. In short, WoW, even thought it isn't my favorite game, is deffinately the best made MMO ever. I can only hope SWG rises to its level someday. Oh, and Todd? Tabula Rasa is F***ing horrible.

Omfg. so true.

Richard Garriot is one of the best game designers of all time. I think hes being extremely kind when giving his position on WOW, or at least, choosing his words very carefully. WOW isnt just a rip-off of everquest, its a rip-off of everquest with (FAR) less content, fewer classes, simplified classes, fewer races, and a simpler graphics engine. Blizzard is good at marketing, but theyre the McDonalds of the MMO world.

Speaking of Garriot, i just got a copy of Tabula Rasa this weekend, and was very impressed. My only qualm is that from the story/graphics/physics perspective, its just an MMO version of Halo (for XBox). From a sheer gameplay perspective, its got enough uniqueness, new concepts, rebirth of older-but-good concepts that died off when EA bought out OSI, and many other niceties that remove a player from that feeling like he/she is playing every other MMO with different graphics. Def the first MMO ive liked since DAoC came out. Im only just scratching level 10, but its a really rad game so far. My oh-so-humble opinion may change by the time my free subscription runs out, but I doubt it.