You can not expect a game, which is still under development, in beta and not even released yet to captivate you with the tricks and pleasantries that a 6 year old game with many more years of development had.

RIFT seems (from the outside) to be MILES ahead of where WoW was when it released. There was just nothing better when WoW vanilla came out, so people flocked to it. RIFT needs a chance to be played, and be supported to have the freedom to actually spend more time and money on the polishing.

No game will ever be launched which enjoys the same level of intricacy and polish that WoW has, because wow has had a HUGE headstart, and hundreds of millions of dollars invested in its infrastructure, and community.

please give it a chance so we dont have to see a free-to-play RIFT anytime soon like so many other wow-clones.