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.
Everquest because it was my first one and the immersive role-playing was fantastic.
Shadowbane because I loved the PvP and GvG content as well as the player-driven world/towns.
Black Desert Online because I loved the controls and how it was different from any other MMO i've played before and since. Too bad it became P2W garbage.
Ragnarok Online because it had such a great aesthetic & music combined with decent PvP/GvG
SWG before the relaunch, as it had the best role-play aspects of Everquest with fantastic PvP, GvG and player-driven gameplay.
I've played so many of them I'm probably forgetting some, easily my favorite genre of game, but I had such a terrible experience in Mortal Online 2, Archeage, and BDO that I'm kind of over the genre. I still hold out hope that either Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen or Camelot Unchained will eventually release and not suck. Crowfall was intended to be the spiritual successor to Shadowbane, but it was terrible.
I will say that Project: Gorgon is really fun and taps into the old mmo nostalgia, has a fantastic community but no pvp, which may be a good thing.
Other than Everquest I have been a competitive (sweaty) player in the top pvp guilds in each server but I also recognize at this point in my life I have no desire to pump that amount of time into it.