Since vanilla WOW, World of Warcraft has become easier and easier to get gear and to kill bosses. I sold my Prot warrior and shammy for almost a grand on ebay to some noob that didnt know what the fuck he was doing probably. I had one of the best geared prot warriors on my server and I was in one of the best alliance guilds in the world. They were normally first for everything. I am waiting patiently for SC2 and diablo 3 to come out. I am done with WOW. 3/4 of the people playing now have never even stepped foot into any of the orginal instances or know jack shit about what the game is really about.

But to what the OP was talking about.. Nothing currently is going to top the content of WOW unfortunately. No one can afford to make a game that is in detail as WOW. Nor does any other game manufacturer have the following the Blizzard has. Shit I still play orginal SC from 96' and rock diablo 2 every once in a while. Best of luck finding something you will enjoy.. =) I am going to go play paperboy from nintendo on my 50" lcd.