Muck,
The beta for World of Warcraft ends today. The game goes retail on Tuesday. I can tell you right now, this is by far the best online RPG ever concieved. The world is continuous (no zoning), the game content (questing, crafting, exploring, PvPing) is enormous, and the war (alliance vs. horde) is by far the most engaging player vs player setting that I've ever seen in an online rpg.
It's my new gold standard of how online RPGs should be built.