Ahem...Anarchy Online
It was released in 2000 and they just came out with a expansion Shadowlands, I have to say it's one of the best MMORPGs I have played ever, I've played FFXI and I personally didn't like it, one, all there is and sometleveling and it gets really tedious, two there are lots of japanese players out there, probably everyone level 50+ is jap and they usually don't speak any english at all and Squeenix's crappy translater only translate the simpliest words like hi and i don't understand english. Also there's not really a community, no offical forums or Dev teams to listen to the players. Anarchy Online on the other hand has offical forums that listens to the players and does correct things that are wack, AO has beautiful graphics, the best community, and good gameplay. My new 1337 advent. is gonna rock with duel pistols
Anyways try the free 7 day trial at:
http://www.anarchyonline.com
BTW I have to warn you though, AO has a very steep learning curve, it took me 2 weeks to figure this game out since it was my first MMO.