I was just browsing around and came across what looks like it may well be the best MMMORPG EVER, in the world. You may have already heard of it, but for those who haven't it's called Frontier 1859. It's takes place in the Great Basin country of Western Nevada in 1859 and will include a family system (marriage, children, adoption, divorce), a legal and player accountability system, realistic weapons & ballistics, permanent player death, and SO much more. You will be able to harvest timber, tunnel mines & pan for gold. The law system will be player enforced - communities will write and enforce their own laws, or live without law! There will be a news system - player authored! Damn, I'm gonna wear my keyboard out here, just check out the link -
http://frontier1859.com/mmorpg/
I can't wait.