I miss the sense of adventure and danger in MMOs.

[Amocoru]

FFXI never had a dangerous world. You either learned quickly how the more dangerous mobs aggroed and just avoided them or you stocked up on Silent Oil and Invisible Dust, completely trivializing any threat besides the occasional True Sight creature. I didn't play EQ very much so I can't comment on that. This is also the kind of thing that starts out fun, but it quickly becomes a tedious chore if you have to pass through the "dangerous" areas a lot.

This simply isn't true. You couldn't roam through any level-appropriate zone at any level in FFXI without risking death. Even for hardcore players with hundreds of days in WITH raid experience out the wazoo you could easily die at any time while playing. I know Abyssea oversimplified the game and make it incredibly easy, but before that, danger was waiting EVERYWHERE. Depending on your job, you could easily go down against an Even Match.