I played runescape for 1 year, quit. Played Final Fantasy 11 (mmorpg) for a year. quit. Still wish i hadnt quit, i love that game..so i took up WoW for a month and a half.. and found it to be pure garbage. I don't have a top of the line computer, but its certainly not junk, and i couldn't go near a major city without lagging to the point of wanting to throw my computer out the window. I returned to RS last month because i still had friends here and although im way behind them now ~.~ im still enjoying myself. -WoW quests are mostly mindless errand quests from my experience, but not much is to be said for RS quests either, most of which easily completed at level 80 (Few exceptions) -WoW has a much older community, there are still annoying little kids, but to a lesser extent. -Most items become "soulbound" meaning once you equip, or in some cases pick it up, you cant trade it again, which is both a blessing and a curse. -As for graphics, don't quote me on this, but i believe WoW was created by a professional team of video game developers while i've heard RS was originally created by two teens and an advertiser? (a rumor, i really don't know, but it'd be funny XD)