Guild Wars.

[roguebanshee]

I bought it when it came out, and I was amused with it for about 2 weeks.  I haven't played it since.  The problem might be that it's just not the game for me.  Guild Wars is designed for party play and PvP.  There are lots of times that I'd just rather play by myself, and I don't really care for PvP.
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Competent human players will (almost) always outperform any AI helpers. PvP can be fun as long as you don't run into a jerk and you don't take any losses personal.

I eventually hit a point (at about lvl 17 iirc), that my Elementalist/Mesmer just could not complete a quest to continue the storyline.  I tried it about a dozen times with a full set of henchmen, and just gave up.

The Wilds or Aurora Glade?

The Wilds can be very difficult if you don't hang back and study the patrol patterns of the various enemies. The last part of Aurora Glade can be really irritating if you don't have human help though it is possible to do without.

I also really disliked the skills system and the skill timer.  What's the point of adding a hundred and eleventy skills if you can only have access to 8 at a time and they are all on timers?  The items also kinda blow.  I was hoping for more variety in finding new stuff, but everything seemed to be the same.

The skill timer is in place to help balance the various skills. It lets a really powerful skill such as Meteor Shower cost as "little" energy as it does compared to Flare simply because you can't use it as often. The 8 skill limit is to prevent people from being too self-sufficient and promote teamplay, if my PvE Monk had access to all her skills at all times then she wouldn't need help for any situation (except those that require multiple simultaneous actions). GW is a team game and should be approached as such.

Items are balanced for the PvP side with the notion that no one should have to spend several months to get something acceptable. All the functionally best items are available from Collectors and Crafters, everything else is for looks.

I guess I was hoping for WoW, only soloable and without a monthly fee.  Boy was I wrong!

And I'm happy that GW isn't the usual Blizzard "If I kill this monster I'll have a 0.008% chance to get something I can use" lewt fest.