I was making a constructive suggestion. Also, people are using your review as a guide for their decision on playing WoW. It seemed far to post alternative views. Another constructive suggestion would be to try City of Heroes. Their sidekick system seems to be something you’re looking for.
As far as I’m concerned, whoever mentioned the thing about Blizzard not being innovators kind of hit it spot on. There isn’t anything really new or innovative in WoW. It’s just a nicely put together retread of a bunch of other MMORPG’s.