The Tavern

[Alexis_Arteme]

I would like to see a MMO where Inns are important hubs where you can meet up with people, stay in player housing, or recover your health by resting (maybe in some sort of Chrono Trigger-esque revitalization chamber, to explain away the lack of a passage of time). Player housing could be instanced ("just head up the stairs to your right") and there could be a common area with a fountain for players to sit around or wait for your other party members before heading out.

Yes but it needs to have a purpose. If there is nothing to gain in the form of buffs or otherwise, nobody will bother to go there. That is the key.