I think many MMO players are getting tired of the same old game from many different developers. I know I am. MMOs are still my favorite genre of PC games but the genre isn't changing much. WoW took previous ideas and improved on them, WAR did the same thing, but neither changed the genre enough to break the mold. AoC marketed itself as something different but it ended up as closer to WoW in most features than WAR did. I did enjoy all these games, as well as LOTRO and Guild Wars, but after a few years of the same formulas it is getting stale.

MMOs in general need something new. The genre needs a developer who takes a chance and abolishes the standard quest system and/or level system entirely in favor of something new. There are a number of MMOs on the horizon that have the chance to change the genre and I hope they have the guts/talent/money/time to pull it off.