Someone fucks up in a US war/spy film: "I want him manning a radar/spy/whatever station in the middle of Alaska by tomorrow!"
Me: Hmm... peace and quiet, lots of nature, can go hunting in free time, nobody around... why is this a punishment?
I tried it out again about 5 years ago and quickly realised that just by lvl 20 I was starting to stack things high. WoW understood this with their periodical purges of abilities. 10 buttons to push in combat - including situational ones - is probably more than enough to keep things good, and if...
I played EQ2 with some friends from launch for a few months until they moved to WoW. Some of it was quite brutal. But I'll always have a fond memory of the varied nature of the quests, where they came form and such, as well as the collections. I still haven't found a game that scratches that...
You don't need to wait for AI bots if you have lots of RL money. Back in the day (2005-2010 or so) there were a few rich people who played Eve (mostly Russians and Chinese) who actually paid other Russians and Chinese to play in their corps and do whatever they told them to do. Some shenanigans...