Then again people have said that LOTRO would fail before launch because it was mislabeled by the public as a "wow-clone". LOTRO is still strong and doing well (and not at all "cloney" <-- trademarking this). I have hopes for this game wich I feel is long over-due, I am more concerned about the timing. I think it would be bad for both this game and the new star wars to be released around the same time :/

 If you still need a tester let me know at jasondhadley@gmail.com

 Looks interesting. Cant wait to see how it turns out!

 Can you own your own house in either of these games? Thats one of my requirements for a good mmorpg lol.

 Well, if you don't mind going back Old School, you can always install Ultima Online and join a free to play server. There is a decent list of them at www.runuo.com or the server (shard) I prefer is www.uosecondage.com. This is a great server that is set back when UO was just 1 facet, no carebearing here!

 Although I haven't played DDO in about 3 years, I know that when I did it was a very fun game at the time. I played a Cleric so finding a party was never an issue. The one downside (once again, at that time) was that you seemed to do a lot of the same quests / instances over and over. I dont mean multiple quests similar to it like LOTRO and WoW (I mean, how many pigs can 1 man kill??!?), I mean the same quest :) If it has changed since then please let us know! I may even give it another shot.

 Lord of the Rings Online is another option as well. You can go straight mage with the Lore Master class or try something a bit different with the Rune-Keeper class. Head on over to lotro.com and check them out!

 Just one question... The same question on everyone's mind by now.... Will this game EVER come out?

 Simple. Ganking is when a player takes advantage of you being engaged with another mob/item/etc where you dont have a chance to respond. Griefing is when a player much stronger or a group of players kill you, and often times kill you repeatedly via spawn camping (or for you old UO playersm city camping :). I was a griefer in my UO and AC days, but never a ganker. I do have some ethical codes after all. Ganking can also be used in this case: You are getting ready to kill a mob for whatever reason and someone runs in and kills it ahead of you, you have just been Ganked.