I've always pictured magic to be kind of like that.

Originally posted by Roughshod

Even in the LOTR books there were only 5 wizards in existance, and they weren't poofing everything into flames all the time. Nor were they all powerful.

Originally posted by ParinoidPanda

But now, i can't just spam spells, then pull out my sword and continue wailing because i'll be exhausted. :(

Good point. It certainly fits most movies and novels that use magic this way then the traditional MMO. Take Harry Potter for instance. Using powerful magic in those stories were extremley taxing on the body leaving the caster very week. This way not only makes it more challenging but provides a way of balancing powerful mages with everyone else.

Originally posted by cinos

Originally posted by eagled2

Originally posted by Delerious1

Well today I finally had enough.  Between their terrible optimization of the game, piss poor hero engine, poor mmo design choices, lvl 50 uber RNG pvp gear grind I've had enough.

This post tells me almost nothing about why you hate the game. The comment about optimization almost tells me something but lacks any sign of intelligent research. The one comment that actually tells me something is about the pvp gear grind at level 50. If you are going to take the time to post why a game sucks take the time to do it write and make an intelligent post that includes factual details that someone can actually use to make an intelligent decision. Posts like this that tell us nothing just serve to start another pointless bashing thread.

Look literally two posts above yours.

I see that post I just wanted to emphasize the fact that his first post shows no signs of inteligence. First impressions are everything and after reading his first post any other comments he makes no longer have as much meaning as they could have. In the future Delerious1 take the time to make a post like the one 2 above mine in the first place.

Originally posted by Brenelael

This is exactly why I've given up on the genre for now. I like the journey more than the destination... always have. In new games it seems the journey 9 times out of 10 is a very narrow corridor funneling all players toward the end game.

Bren

I find that the journey is more important to me then the end game as well, however I believe that the end game also needs to be interesting. If the endgame is not fun then it doesn't matter how interesting the journey is as people will only play until they reach endgame. I do find the journey to be quite interesting in SWTOR despite the problems and if I don't like the game when I reach end game it will still have been worth playing for the fun on the way there.

Originally posted by Delerious1

Well today I finally had enough.  Between their terrible optimization of the game, piss poor hero engine, poor mmo design choices, lvl 50 uber RNG pvp gear grind I've had enough.

This post tells me almost nothing about why you hate the game. The comment about optimization almost tells me something but lacks any sign of intelligent research. The one comment that actually tells me something is about the pvp gear grind at level 50. If you are going to take the time to post why a game sucks take the time to do it write and make an intelligent post that includes factual details that someone can actually use to make an intelligent decision. Posts like this that tell us nothing just serve to start another pointless bashing thread.

While SWG was one of the best MMO's in my opinion it's important to note the word "WAS". Even with the nge changes it could have still been a good game but the population was spread out on way too many servers and the economy has been in a joke for some time. It was a good game but I said goodbye a long time ago when it lost the interest of too many players to have the same community feel it used to. 

On a side note swtor may have a lot of aspects found in wow but it has a completley different feel to it and for me that really the most important thing. I do expect guild wars 2 to to take most of my attention when it comes out.

The description you gave describes just about any mmo out there, except the size of the game. If you are looking for a free mmo then I would recomend lord of the rings online. It takes up a little more space than you specified but even with your computer and connection it should run find on your computer. It may just take a while to initially download the game.The chatting system is easy to use as it is in every mmo I have tried and there is people on just about anywhere. I didnt like rappelz that much so I cant really say if the combat system is similar but I enjoy it. I don't really play any subscription games atm so I cant really say which ones have players on everywhere. You would think that wow is like that with all the players but in my experiance the low level areas may not always have players.

That entire post sounds like you are trying to convince other people to start playing rift. I'm sure that alone was enough but the link to there site just made it look even more like you were trying to get people to switch games.

I dont currently play any of the games on the list but have tested our just about all of them at different stages of there development. I have to say the game I have been most impressed with over all of this year is Age of Conan.