You guys are care bears. Whats the point in playing a game where there is nothing to lose? I wanna play a game which has danger in it unlike WOW where u feel like a spoon fed zombie and nothing interesting ever happens.
As for all this griefing stuff, that is good! players would form parties to hunt the evil pkers and this would add to the politics. Also check out how much depth and complexity there is in Ultima Online compared to modern MMORPG's its like they never evolved. UO is 10 years old and miles more advanced than all these other quest, combat games. Sad really as MMO's are where games are getting more interesting.
QFT. Yeah, UO has so much to give. It's a shame it's been ruined by the last bunch of expansions (elves, insurance, item propertie, etc). Undiluted UO has more depth, grab, player interaction, freedom and other stuff as well than any MMO since. Fact.