I think all these so called "WoW Killers" are created by the players. I dont think any developers will call themselves WoW Killer.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Its the different market that each game caters to. Remember how WoW changed from 40man to 25man? Everything is tailored according to their market. I'm pretty sure there are some Chinese games we have never heard of and if you ask the players they will say WoW sucks.

WoW is still grinding just that its a different type of grind. There is no MMORPG that doesnt require grind or you having to do something repeatably. WoW just changed it to another form of grinding. Can we really say dailies arent grind?

WoW started off with quite little PvE instances as well and i'm sure a lot of players here dont even know what is DM west,east, north and DM arena and it was introduced quite late after WoW launched.

So i'm just saying no need to judge every other games out there. WoW is 5 years old and developed by Blizzard and Warcraft series was already a very well known and accomplished game at that time. Blizzard has the funds and manpower/knowledge on how to make good games.

Its still the same if we put it this way.

Leveling isnt forced upon you as well, if we look at Warhammer, we can say you can choose not to do PvE in order to level fast instead you can just continue grind PvP and stay competitive at lower tier. Nobody force anyone to reach max level in Warhammer

People grind to level in order to stay competitive as well. Hardcore gamers will grind in order to reach highest level the earliest. Remember the DK who got rollbacked? Otherwise, we can choose to play casually and enjoy the game while leveling slowly. Some grind certain mobs or zones over and over again for loot. Its all personal preferences again.

No MMORPG can avoid grinding. Like i said earlier, WoW is just another form of grinding in disguise. Some games like Warhammer really had the intention and concept to be successful but it was executed badly probably in a rush.

We have to admit WoW really did set a standard for the future MMORPG to follow which is why many players will just go back to WoW after a while...they just dont have the patience like 5 years ago when they started WoW as they had not much other choices to choose from at that time

Anyway, WoW storyline isnt superb. It was good when it started and imo it has started to get ridiculous since BC launched. Story wise, there are some other MMORPGs that might be better such as DDO

WoW strongest points i believe would be endgame raids and the game can be easily picked up by new players. Aion has a very tedious gathering and crafting system where new players might be discouraged to level it

WoW will get extremely addictive once you devote your life to it. When one devote his life to WoW, no other MMORPGs will appeal to him till he burn out. This applies for every MMORPGs in the market