[QUOTE="Vaasman"]If you didn't like it then you won't like it now, they seriously dumbed down the leveling in WoW and leveling was never really great anyway in that game.
Haven't played LOTRO but D&D online's f2p is pretty decent because it gets you into dungeons almost right away, and the dungeons are pretty well developed with cool traps and puzzles. Only downfall is that you hit content you have pay for too quickly, but if you're just looking for a taste of MMO's I can definitely recommend it.
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I really hate when people say WoW's leveling has been dumbed down. It was always horrible, boring, easy, tedious, a pointless grind through content you've already done. The only thing that has changed is that it takes a little less time, by no means does that 'dumb it down', there's no strategy/skill involved in leveling in the first place.
The leveling in damn near every MMO is as equally mindless sh!t as every other one. The only exception I've had was lvl 1-16 in SWTOR(Sith Inquisitor), that was actually fun.... then the game takes a swift jump off the nearest cliff.
The gameplay in an MMO actually wouldn't be acceptable in any other genre, and it shouldn't be acceptable for MMO's either (standard hotkey combat that is). I really wish MMO's could be 'fun' to level in, fun as games. 95% of the time you're alone anyway, so they really should be able to stand up with modern sp/co-op games. I wish the trend of no AI would end, I wish the combat would be more something like MassEffect2/3 or DMC/Bayonetta, instead of damn lockon+hotkeys.
While not exactly meeting your expectations the game of the hype thread you are posting in addresses alot of those points. Better combat, fun leveling, fun minigames, 95% of the time you are not alone but are being helped by other players etc. 
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