I thought WOW was bad for the huge downloads, but then I tried Guild Wars. That made me run back and hug my WOW game discs gently and with much adoration. As much as I can't stand the huge downloads, I not know that it can be much worse. GW is proof of that. At least WOW doesn't need to download every single time you enter a new area.

Though I'm not entirely sure what you mean by every couple weeks. I've only had I think 2 patches since I started playing in November. Maybe that's something they've changed since you were regularly playing?

Yet again a monster Download that must be done to play the game... This was one of my biggest issues with WOW when I tried it... a 30 Min install off Disk and then 40 Min of patching... I came close to tossing the whole thing before I played... they every couple weeks more patching before playing... They need to address the systems ablity to doenload all patches while you are online over time.