What would it take for a new mmo to recapture the feeling of eq?

[Evia]

To me, everquest was magical because it successfully made me feel as if I was in a world within a world. All the modern mmos make me feel like I'm playing a game. EQ does something that makes all the time sinking acceptable because it falls in line with more of a fantasy world simulator then an actual video game. The community/people really drive most of what goes on and the world is huge, vast, and mysterious.