You sound surprised that the guys who couldn't even be assed to give Skyrim an ending would do something lazy.
That said, I think it's to early to call clone. (Kind of funny you are the one going off on this, after your defense of Dante's Inferno a while back for it's cloniness.
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I'm not a big enough fan of Elderscrolls to care enough to try the MMO myself, but I'm not against the Idea. I like that there is going to be another contender with WoW, and I'm glad its going in with TES's large fan base. We may have a solid contender if they can avoid being a direct rip off and offer enough new.