We have a couple of wow threads, I aint too bitter about the game. I had my time in the game, enjoyed it massively until I just didnt anymore - hell I somehow got a fair few of you folks to stick around in the game for a while with me having some good times and for me that was the best thing, the e-relationships we formed from all those nights of 5mans and raids and so on...
To be honest, if they removed achievements, made raids more open world (therefore having an aspect of pvp involved), added a proper death penalty/loot on players, added public dungeons, got rid of the room-tunnel-boss format they like for instances and gave back the higher needed exp (or the ability to STOP xp gain) for all levels (basically making the journey important as it once was), I'd look at it again as a 3rd or 4th mmo.
Polish wise its the best, storywise it sucks (lol spacegoats and whatever metzen pulls out of a hookers ass this patch etc etc etc) - lotro has it beat here. Pvp wise - meh Esports are dead in the west, someone tell blizz - eve beats it hand down... But for an experience and for my first full on MMO where I actually got involved with people, it will and always will hold a place in my gaming memories.