Someone who uses a Warcraft character's name as a handle is hard to take seriously when it comes to an argument about Warcraft lore.

That said, I actually agree. There's always excitement about new MMOs. A chunk of people always move away from WoW. At least half of them move back fairly shortly after, and the new MMO fades out of the public eye.

I doubt we'll ever see an MMO actually kill WoW, just because it shouldn't be treated akin to other MMOs. Its playerbase is an anomaly, not a standard example of an MMO, and I *keep saying this.*

If you played Aion at all you'd know it's story is looking amazing and it's told very well. Not just through text quest boxes. Also, WoW pretty much ruined Warcraft lore big time. Space goats anyone? lol.

Um, not to burst your bubble, but WOW is just a Warhammer clone with a hodge-podge mythology created when they couldn't finalize the rights. Check your history. Just because WOW has an ocean of content, that doesn't make the content particularly deep or revolutionary. It's fantasy lite. Pretty much as generic as you can get.

Aion has a much more compelling and unique narrative and if you actually played the game - which I assume you haven't from your rather biased comment - you would know that.

What's next in WOW btw? Orcs in Space? That's pretty much the direction that they're headed towards. That game has no cohesive plot or palatable story unless you're either 12 years old or have very, very low standards.

That's not to say that it's not an enjoyable game. WOW is a brilliant game for what it has accomplished. And I've committed to it on and off for several years and had some interesting experiences with it, but that doesn't make it the best or most original MMO by far.

Speaking comparatively, and looking at the cinema, if we examine figures and hype alone: 'Transformers was one of the best movies released in the past few years'. Read that snippet again. If you concur with it, that's probably why you like WOW so much.