Mine was AION in its original form, partly because the cryengine made it look very pretty but also because the private servers were actually functional unlike the WoW private servers which were largely a mess at the time.
Mine was AION in its original form, partly because the cryengine made it look very pretty but also because the private servers were actually functional unlike the WoW private servers which were largely a mess at the time.
I'm old school enough that it was Ultima Online. Nothing since then has had the same sense of freedom to explore the world and tell your own story. I've even played on a couple of pirate shards (servers) over the years. Private shards where there the whole community is on the same page regarding having fun without being a jerk is one of the few places I've seen full pvp full loot work. The last shard I was on was structured around wars between large player factions and running around invading towns and skirmishing with other armies was. A blast.
I got this from Dark Age of Camelot and Shadowbane but I am sad that I didn't get to experience Ultima Online at it's height.