Professions

so as not to be biased:

today i have been running around completing quests, gaining XP, yay.
i also have been gathering stringy strips of leather and then forming them into 'light leather', and item with which i can make other things. i have developed my profession of skinning and also of leatherworking. i can definitely say that WoW is way deeper in realism than GW is.

sometimes i think that all this other useless crap (i.e. skinning and leatherworking) takes away from the actual missions and quests of the game. and sometimes, like just now, i feel that the professions of WoW add to the depth, realism, and playability of WoW.

I think that which game one plays will come down to whether one is looking for a game or looking for a virtual world in which to escape.