What is awesome about PvP in a RTS, is the good ol' fashion slaughtering. The wild rampage and the freedom and fear of equality in death and destruction.
Sure, you could have the same thing playing against a computer -- but for people interest in PvP -- this is fantastic. We started to see things being more fair in WoW -- previously, what gear you wore and what guild you were in could determine if you were targeted first. Now with their ranking system, it comes down mostly to class.
The anonymity of SCII in some ways are a relief. It does mean a lot less interaction with other people (especially new people) but the alternative of playing more with a small group of friends is a nice change.
In the age of social networking, we all have hundreds of people on our friends list, but how many of those people do you share your life with outside of facebook or twitter?
For a while, I was spending more time with my guildmates that lived in different states or countries than friends that lived in city. Which isn't to say those relationships weren't important -- but I never saw that as a replacement for real life relationships.
There are certainly aspects of WoW that I miss -- even though Blizzard seems to be moving towards smaller guilds and raids. A lot of those things I liked were replaced after the new LFG system. For me, Blizzard made transitioning from WoW to SCII a lot easier.
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