"I was never impressed with WoW, EQII is a far better game, graphically and game play wise. "
Shrug.....I could say the exact same thing, except with the titles reversed. No need to though--I hold no grudge against the EQ2 guys. I sincerely hope EQ2 does well; competition is a good thing. For the benefit of all of us it'd be ideal if SOE is a little scared of Blizzard....and vice-versa. It makes them work that much harder, meaning better product from both.
To a total newcommer to the genre who hasn't already made up his mind, I'd say find a way to try them both and pick the one you like better. I'd rate them about equal overall (both are high quality, well-polished products), but they appeal to slightly different sorts of people--meaning if you like one, in all probability you won't care much for the other. I haven't met many people who have a hard time deciding which one they like better.
"If you played the WoW beta for any period of time, you've pretty much experienced all that there is content wise for the game. "
Blizzard has reported that they deliberately didn't make most of their high-end content available to their beta testers. We'll see how much truth there is to this over the next few weeks.
J_A_B
