Without a speedup button on this version I find that it went from me giving it a five for it's improvements to a three because even with them it feels like a chore to play.
Haven't played this one yet but I will play Devil's Advocate for those nagging on about WoW...World of Warcraft game in on a time when both mmorpg's and pc gaming was becoming a more viable market. Top onto that that media exposure for games has increased and Warcraft already had a very solid player base before WoW came out and the advantages were stacked in it's favor from the begining. There was a time when on WoW you would get what you paid for... in my opinion that time has passed.