President of Daybreak John Smedley was quoted this week as saying the era of the WoW-like MMO is over. Citing shorter gaming sessions as a design goal for the company’s next titles, it pretty much shook the old guard’s core rather violently. He would later go out to say that all things EverQuest are safe, but to hear one of the old vets of the genre do a “the king is dead long live the king” announcement gave people pause.

And then he continued to look like he was RIGHT BEHIND YOU OMG!!