If we were raiding deathknell, whining about how shitty eq is and how por is terrible and who designed this garbage ass content, and wow was still in pre alpha, and furors 14 days turned into years much like covid restrictions... you might have a point. Instead, wow pre alpha quickly became alpha, then closed beta, etc. In 2004 they released a game. Pantheon has been in development for longer than the time from EQ starting development to WOW live release.