To be honest, I consider the games pretty much equal. Equally shitty, that is. Neither of them impressed me much, but to be fair, EverQuest 2 did manage to hold my attention slightly longer than WoW. Mainly due to the decent community. WoW's community on the other hand is the MMORPG garbage heap.

I'd recommend you either wait for Vanguard ( http://www.vanguardsoh.com/ ) or if you really need an MMORPG this year give City of Villains ( http://www.cityofvillains.com/ ) a chance.

Hoooowever, if you REALLY need World of WarCraft or EverQuest 2, go with World of WarCraft if you prefer PvPing with retards or go EverQuest 2 if you prefer PvEing ( altho I hear PvP will be added ) with carebears. Neither of these games are worth it in the end, tho.