You players are making me want to go back to gaming :D
I've been looking at Albion Online as a possible game to play on my laptop, have you ever tried it? It's a Sandbox MMORPG that doesn't give you a path, you can literally do anything you want and go anywhere you want, you can be anything you want to be, I love these types of games, the freedom of choice!
I had a go at Albion Online, pretty much all of the alternative ones. Some have now ceased to be. WoW is still going but losing its population. They were great.