I don't understand how they miss the point of MMOs. I mean they screw up the gimmes:
Feels good to play.
-Good response to player controls
-Movement and actions are effective to gameplay
Unique
-Multiple classes/roles to choose from without redundancies
-Different from other MMOs
Progression
-There's always ways to improve your character
Balance
-Each class should be strong in some way
If an MMO fails on any of those things, it fails entirely imo. But instead they focus on things like pretty graphics. As if we're signing up for flight simulators