Heh, I played a lot too… way too much. It consumed so much of my life for so many years I had to force myself to delete my account just to stop the temptation.
And besides, it’s not the same now that everyone is like level 8000 or whatever. It was that early novelty, when something as simple as running from one city to the other required several hours of finding tour guides and speed boosts, that made it so magical. Over time the conveniences they added (made sense, since nobody had time anymore) unfortunately also moved the game towards easier and easier casual and solo play. And then WOW happened and that was that.
And of course, experiencing those games as a teenager, in their heyday, is totally different from trying them again as a 40 something decades later
Now I play for a few hours and mostly lose interest…
No doubt. I was skeptical but hopeful of that other game, Stars Reach (coop sandbox MMO video game) , but it’s dying now. At least this one is apparently at 10k or so players supposedly, which is an encouraging sign.