Hmm, thanks for the heads-up about AoC, obviously not worth the monthly fee.(Another turn off for new MMORPG's, damn monthly fee's. Go Guild Wars!)

hmm, altough AC's combat is fine for single player uses, I doubt it would be of any use in multiplayer games. It's a rather basic system actually(that doesn't mean it's bad ofcours) but the lack of spells and special moves won't be interesting enough for the players IMO.
The Dungeon Siege type leveling would be an awesome feature, and it's very realistic too.

Having rewatched the intro videos from WoW, I realise that Blizzard actually puts a little bit of lore in the intro's(i.e. Arthas dad talking to him and the dragon you changed into a frostwyrm(can't recall his name) from warcraft 3). It's a shame that most players don't understand or care for the background stories.

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