I played runescape for about 2 years, Than I bought wow, leveled a character to 60 (top level then) I play for about 6 months, But it never emersed me into the game like Runescape does, in Runescape there is always something to do, new quests every week, new mini games. In Wow patches come very far apart, once you hit 60 you have 2 things to do, Raid or pvp.Neither of which you be successful in unless you dedicate about a month to getting the best equip you can. In short: WoW is all flash, its fun dont get me wrong but it doesnt get to me like runescape. In my opinion the two games are very hard to compare due to the vast differences in the little things that make each game different.