> My mage portals aren't appreciated nearly as much! :)
non combat abilities is something I feel like modern MMO needlessly eschew. Some people just want to fish and read lore and don't care about combat segments at all.
I loved Ultima Online for this. I don't think I ever had a character that was even half-decent at combat. I generally just messed around with trade skills and sold stuff. Our guild had a little town in a clearing near Yew, and I managed the vendors and just had a peaceful existence there.
It would certainly be great if games better supported that non-combat stuff. As someone who plays WoW on WRA I know that plenty of people love to just RP. Total Roleplay is a good addon, but it would be nice if even just a plain text profile and the ability to display if you're IC or OOC were native features of the game.