Ok, Take it from someone with not only a lot of experience, but who has actually played the game. I am sure shitty can list just as many, if not maybe some more.
Star wars Galaxies ( Yet to see an MMO top what SWG had to offer)
WoW Beta, and WoW player.
Lineage 2 Beta and Lineage 2 full
Diablo
Diablo 2 ( 4 years of my life, 3 accounts full of lvl 99's and 5 mule accounts over 1000 SOJ's)
Dungeon Siege
Baulders Gate
Guild Wars one of 3 of the oldest members in OFPR, been playing since day 1 with cactus and Shitty
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
City of Heroes
City of villains
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights 2
Final Fantasy XI ( Amazing, just too much group involvement)
Runescape
Everquest for about 5min, then I deleted that shit
Anarchy Online
Rose online
and god knows how many more
Now, take it from an experienced MMO player and beta Tester, and someone who has actually played Warhammer Online, I am so sorry, but it is World of Warcraft guys. You can try and fancy it up as much as you want, but it is WoW with some glitter.
I was 2 feet from 3 developers Art, Coding, and Combat at Comicon, Even the way they described it, it's wow. The play style, characters, towns, quests, items etc. WoW! It's all the same. changing the art does not make it a new game.
Nun, I would hope it kicks the shit out of guild wars because they are not even on an even comparison field. Guildwars 2 however will bring some amazing gameplay. Shitty may even play it. From what I have seen and read, it's gonna be worth buying.
i think nun can have my back on most of this since he is in beta.