I used to play planetside a couple years ago, was one of the best MMOs in my opinion with the HUGE battles, zerg attacking/defending, but its kinda gone downhill and havnt played it for a long time. I am posting this because WWII online looks like it has some large battles and stuff, I kinda stumbled apon a bunch of positive posts saying how great the gameis, I was just wondering, do you think its a good move from some bigname MMO's like WoW, ect.? I am thinking about it. probly gonna pick up trial in afew.

Depends what you're after.

WW2OL is an old game.  The graphics are dated, controls on the infantry are somewhat clunky, some people have difficulty getting it to run smoothly on even the most modern rigs.  If you want a game that has gorgeous graphics, a complete leveling system with PvE action then this ain't your game.

However if you want totally unforgiving combat, engagement ranges out to a few kilometers, historical setting, at prime time large battles all across the front, a definite end goal for each campaign then it might be for you.

I've played Planetside for a total of about 2 months but it didn't hold my interest.  Being someone who's always liked simulations I prefer the attempted realism you get in WW2OL.  I guess that's the main thing to remember, it's aiming for realism so if you get hit, you're dead, ergo don't get hit.  This makes for some great combat and when the tanks are rolling, MGs firing, bombs raining down - it's all very intense.  Think the holding the bridge scene toward the end of Saving Private Ryan, a lot of fighting in WW2OL is kinda like that.  You can play FPS infantry, do para drops, drive tanks & anti tank guns, be a bomber or fighter pilot and to a lesser extent join the navy.

In the end it's still unique as far as MMOL games go and I still get a buzz playing it.  It's a little rough around the edges but there's nothing like picking off a guy running in the open at 200 meters.  Bang and you know he just went black screen, probably didn't even hear the shot

Check this thread for a bunch of youtube vids shot by one of the devs during a battle late last year.  Since then we've had an update and most the sounds have been redone but they'll still give you an idea of what the fighting is like.

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/170127

Anyway if you're into WW2 sims and want to play a game where the skill of the player and therefore your enemy means everything then you'll probably like it.

Good luck.

Planetside has nothing on WW2OL.

WW2oL is an FPS sim. If you liked operational flashpoint or ARMA, then you'll have a good idea of what to expect from WW2OL. If you like games like Red Orchestra and IL-2, then there's a high chance you'll like WW2OL. 

If you've never heard of any of these games, then you still may like it; You just may not "get it" right off the bat.

If you liked Planetside, and don't like the WOW mold, then I strongly suggest trying WWIIONLINE.

Planetside and WWIIONLINE are the only games listed on this site that doesn't follow the WOW mold of grind-gank-grind.  SWG use to be different, but the NGE turned SWG into another WOW mold, so that only leaves Planetside and WWIIONLINE.

Also, WWIIONLINE updates its graphics, Planetside did not update its graphics.

Oh and DOWN WITH THE CURRENT INCARNATION OF TOE's!  I won't resub until it is fixed.