Comparing RS & WOW is like comparing a "toy car" with a "Ferrari" played runescape since day one, quit for some time when rs2 (aka easyScape2) came out moved on to WoW now i have 5 max lvled 60 chars alwaysed missed rs during thi WoW time and now play both games at once. All in all imo you cant compare WOW to Rs wow will always win on everypoint . YES WoW cost about 5 times more to play then p2p but you get 50 times more experience for your cash then Rs. so its vgood investment. this is speaking with ~3 years Runescape experience and 2+ years World of Warcraft experience however even if Runescape losses on every possible point you can come up with between these 2 games rs will always have that little sparkle that hooked you from the beginning:)