I've played WoW a lot over the past 5 years. I still enjoy EQ better for the most part, and in general EQ is more difficult because it doesn't try to make your life easy, it just throws you into the world and lets you figure it all out.
WoW, in my opnion, is fun when you are raiding. I have been a healer, a dps, and lately a main tank. The raid boss fights can sometimes be quite complicated and require a lot of cooperation as a group, a strong leader to keep things together, and are often tuned to allow only a few failures when you are appropiately geared for the fight (which you usually are, due to WoW's gear progression). Fighting a new boss and struggling to figure out the best way to overcome the encounter until you finally get all your eggs in the right basket can be quite fun in its own right.
On the other hand WoW leveling is monotonous. I can't stand leveling other characters anymore, the game truly hand holds you and its like walking through a hallway and just looking at all the pretty paintings. EQ has WoW beat a million times over on the leveling aspect.
PVP can be entertaining in WoW, for what it is worth, if you like group based competitive sports. It's sort of like a game of soccer with magic and swords. It has its moments, especially when you come to one of the enemy bases alone, and manage to take out the three players guarding by yourself.
Sure WoW has many flaws, but it certainly has some pleasure to offer. Even now in cataclysm, all these years later, it can still be fun and that is why it has lasted so long.
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