first I hate the term "WoW Clone" when in fact wow copied many of its aspects and features from other mmo's, theres nothing in wow that wasnt done before it, for me wow is a very solid mmo, however, they did what eq, ac, daoc, ao and ffxi were doing and then dumbed it down, this is a big reason for wow's success, anyone could get on and feel like they were kicking butt, it also attracted alot of kids and adults with child mentality, people who would have never succeeded in old everquest, so in closing there isnt anything wrong with playing wow if thats what you want from a game, I just prefer to work on my rpg's