Have you played some in the past and gave them up for whatever reason? Do you think they're worth the time and money, or destroy lives and souls? Discuss!
I've played a wide variety of MMORPG's over the years including Final Fantasy 11, City of Heroes/Villains, RF Online, Guild Wars, some free ones like Florensia, andother non-MMO RPG's like the Phantasy Star Online series, namely Blue Burst and Phantasy Star Universe, which took up a few years of my life. I have tried WoW for a month trial with some old friends; I got bored of it and stopped playing after my trial, but my friends became addicted and played it for months afterwards.
One MMO I had been looking forward to for a long time was Aion: The Tower of Eterntity, which I religiously played during the beta's and even the Chinese beta, buying it on launch. I was really involved with it, until I started getting bored with my guild and the annoying group quests which took ages just to organise, so when Star Trek Online came about, I started playing that instead.
I really liked Star Trek Online because it was more casual and it meant I could pick it up for short bursts of gameplay and not feel like I had to pour hours into it in order to feel like I was achieving something. I actually bought a year subscription, which was probably a bad idea, although I still missed Aion and intended to return to it.
Then my computer broke in April, and has been broken ever since

I still miss Star Trek and Aion; my Star Trek account is still active, but because I cancelled my Aion sub, my high level character was deleted, and now I'm feeling kinda disheartened to continue, when my computer eventually gets fixed :\
I'm still not sure what I feel about MMO's. What about you guys?