I was surprised at hearing this. People were soo pumped for this expansion. LOTRO, Aoc,DnD, Aion are seeing a large influx of new subs as well.
I have played all while not as polished as WoW all are decent MMo's with more subs they could be viable MMO option.
I really liked the difficulty of the game. However I was playing wow pre bc/WOTLK.
IMO:
The 5 man dungeoins are to long. Having to expend that much energy and time for a small upgrade. Yea not exactly worth it. I know that is a wotlk mentality, I do.
Questing is to linear. Phasing is buggy as all hell. PvP which I love is unbalanced Yes the class I play is OP. Everytime a post goes up that is critical of the game. 4 o 4..
Community is just horrible to eachother. It has became a fairly horrible environment in all. I have cancelled my daughter and sons account and I am teetering on canceling mine.