I played UO from day one for for six years. I still have an original NIB copy of the game with the cloth map and everything. Still have my beta CD too.
UO will always be tops as far as my memories of my MMO adventures go, but to say that most games now are crap in comparison is pretty unfair.
A Classic server, like original UO classic, would be awesome. Everybody was equal and the only difference was your skills and your talent. Gear was cheap and plentiful. When (not if) you died and were looted, you just ran back to your tower or house or boat (or tent if you're really old school
) and grabbed another spear, hally, regs or armor.
I don't even understand the game anymore, with all the resistances and weird stats on the gear and stuff.