I know you wanted everyone to read your blinding Wall of Text, but I simply couldn't force myself to read another subjective, biased opinion that said, basically, nothing interesting. If you don't like the game, quit. The doors over there.

Unrealistic expectations: they wanted WoW as it is now after 7 years of development after release + time before release, didn't get WoW and are unhappy.

According to the forums, they cannot save face no matter what they do. They could fix every bug in the game tomorrow, and the vocal complainers will then claim "It's too late!!!11!1!1!!1!!1" and post a link to an article that uses another article based on the title that is citing another source that doesn't even have anything related to what was mentioned in the "article" being linked to in the forum post.

Actually, it's an unnecessary ad hom attack intended to discredit the poster while ignoring what was actually posted.

If the cited source doesn't mention anything about lay-offs, isn't it misleading to title an article using the word "lay-off"? Isn't it then little more than rumor-mongering to repeat the claim there were lay-offs when there was no source used that even mentioned lay-offs?

The game has been out for....5 months...and they released new content in 1.2... The problem isn't the rate they are releasing new content, the problem is your unrealistic expecation of tons of new content every couple of weeks/every month.

If your account is active when they offer the transfers you can transfer your characters if they meet any other pre-requisites. If your account is inactive when they offer the transfers you will have to resub to transfer your characters provided they meet the pre-requisites.

I doubt that, and figure it's more likely the mods just haven't gotten around to locking this one yet and/or are tired of constantly having to ensure the forumers are behaving and not rioting in an unruly manner.

They didn't, you're just selectively forgetting.

In a server merge, all conflicting names should be given name changes. Why should one player be forced to change their name when the other doesn't? They aren't voluntarily transferring a character, and you would be as much an "invading player" to them as they are to you. Why should you be given special consideration when you don't think they should be given any? Pre-ordering as early as possible gives you no special consideration nor privileges in this game, nor should it. As for the OP, names matter if only so you know who you are talking to without having people running around impersonating other people. It has been an issue from time to time and a concern of players in previous games where players have intentionally tried to ruin other players' and guilds' reputations.

That is due to a misunderstanding of how the development team is structured, not a belief they are interchangeable. It's irrelevant, actually, because the word is supposed to be taken in context not out of context meaning there's no need to bring this up, at all. Oh, and programmers ARE developers, so there's no need to title the thread "Developers vs Programmers".

No, orange moddable gear stats are determined only by the mods and armor/weapon type.

I don't care what WoW is now. Your point?

And replace it with what? If you want something to be removed, you need to have some idea of what to replace it with and post that in the same post.

I wonder how many would complain if they made the speeders faster, but removed the shielding....

Scale of the battle has nothing to do with a game being a MMO. Turning games into Lobby games has more of a negative effect on the feeling of MMO than group size.

No, ground mounts in WoW actually go slower at both the lowest level and highest level. If you are upset by how "slow" they go, maybe suggest increasing the base run speed as everything scales off of that.

Only if you manage to make it look like you're hacking/scripting.

The OP would hate Perfect World in that you cannot (or at least couldn't at the time) do much more than a single skill tree for a class while leveling.

Then explain all the complaints this game didn't have everything WoW had 7 years after release when this game released. That's what they wanted, and when they didn't get it on day one they complained and complained and complained, claimed doom and gloom for months. All because they didn't get everything they thought should have been there, didn't get the perfect release. I'm not sorry to state that's what happened even if you don't want to admit it. They've been claiming "fail" for months now.

No, the reality of the situation is they wanted perfection out of the gate. Anything less was automatically a fail in their book, and they've been looking for the greener field on the other side of the fence ever since.

Actually, it is an insult, and to hide behind the "it's just an observation" it akin to saying "I don't mean to offend, but [insert insulting statement here]." Not every MMO is going to be the same. Not every MMO is going to feel like anything but a single player game. A lot of MMOs are little more than Co-op games that have single player content today. That's simply the reality of the direction games are going.

RL actually simulates everyone's PC and runs on the most powerful supercomputer in existence.

Doesn't really matter. If someone wants to quit, they are free to do so. The problem isn't this game or this game's devs, the problem is the so-called "MMO vets". They aren't actually tired of being "burned by the devs" of this game, they are tired of the run-around they feel happens with every game they play. When they run off to play Tera/GW2/some other game, they will, inevitably get tired of "being burned by the devs" of that game. It's a cycle they go through, and they are free to quit this game, and they will not be missed.

There is a difference, even if you don't want to admit it. I know the difference and do not wish to put up with what happens on PvP servers. Especially with Faction inbalances.