DDO looked a hell of alot better than lotro does. but then, so does every game out on the market still running.
not bashing the mechanics. it plays fine. unlike your assessment, there are bugs, justwatch a blacksmith hamering ir someone doing crafts for a bit. turns into a mr roboto slide show. there ARE bugs. but im sure they will have them ironed out before launch.
it plays fine. but for me, if i canrt get into my characters, i dont really enjoy playing. i could take a buggy game with cool characters long before a smoothly running game dressed like a pimp.
but thats just me. im sure the kiddies will love it. not sure how many adults will be able to stand running around the world dressed like a drag queen with bad fassion sence. thankfuly, that is something they can easily change.
i dont know, it might just be me, but the game feels alot like city of heros more than a fantasy mmorpg based on tolken. they did a good job with the NPC,s, but, its just too damn hard to look at all the pimps running around. keep in mind, i didnt like the way WoW looked either and it turned into a hit. still dont like the way it looks, but it is still a good game.
to each his own. back to vanguard for me untill i cant get a group anymore, or something better LOOKING comes out.