The only thing that EQ2 has over WOW is the "things to do" area. EQ2 has housing, guilds, a huge crafting system, and a lot of areas (though people only use about 10 zones) to utilize.WOW is by far a superior product, both in terms of technical quality and art direction. Whether or not you like that style is a moot point. The thing that matters is that WOW has yet to have a combat upgrade (EQ2 has had two, SWG has had 3, and EQ1 has had 1) so that shows you they know how to plan and implement thigs. WOW has yet to have a majorical graphical overhaul to make characters feel unique.EQ2 fails on just about every thing that WOW did right.Now, whether or not you enjoy WOW or EQ2 is entirely up to you. I played WOW and got to the end level in about a month and thats it, nothing else to do, game over. EQ2 takes a little bit longer. No sense is paying for a game you dont play, so thats why I stopped playing WOW.After playing all of SOE's mmorpgs I think its safe to say that its the company and not really the fault of the creative people. Maybe all the real creative people just got tired of dealing with SOE (that happens) and jumped ship to other products. I dont see any real creativity in EQ2 like I saw with WOW, and I dont think I ever will.I enjoy EQ2 for what it is,
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