Quote Originally Posted by GabbaGabba View Post
anybody can make a WoW-clone and score 7/10. i guess thats the standards of MMOs now n days
I guess that kinda sums it up. We can close the topic.

WoW introduced MMORPG to the world. They were not the first company with a MMORPG, but they were the ones that introduced it to the mass public. So now everyone compares it to WoW and if there is a game that is a bit different or at least tries to be different it completely gets shot to pieces.

Rift is WoW with a new skin. There is nothing new or thrilling about Rift. Some will be the case for TERA and Guild Wars. Sure they both might steal FFXIV players, but those are the kind of players FFXIV can't keep no matter what they do anyway. Those are the same people that quit WoW and start playing again in the same week.