Look, in GW2's beta, they opened their cash shop, but they made it clear there was going to be a wipe between open beta and launch. They said they were going to restore all the gems that people bought during that wipe process (and they did). That was a true open beta. This is not, this is PR garbage. They can call it…
If I was going to for WoW style game, I'd go with Rift. The Class system is much more flexible and I found it more enjoyable than WoW (probably WoW burnout after 6 years too). The downside is the questing hub and spoke system. It's extremely Rigid. If you want something a little more flexible with a little more actiony…