Spot on about the budget, and it is a bit unfair to compare the newly-minted DDO with the 1 year old WoW. And WoW is by no means without its own flaws... I find it somewhat shallow and repetitive, otherwise I wouldn't be seeking out

My point was only this: that what makes or breaks an MMO experience is the sense of being immersed in another world. And paradoxically, what makes that immersion possible is having a good UI, so you can spend less time playing at playing the game, and more time playing the game.

And Blizzard has done a very good job of this, and what's more opened up their UI to player mods (something Turbine is not doing.) I hope the UI improves, I really do, because I'm a long time D&D fan and so far I'm mostly enjoying the game, just not the constant wrangling with the interface.