NathLines said:
A game called "The World". It actually had less graphics than OP's first mmo and the server could only support like a maximum of 20-30 people. After that one I started playing Flyff. I had a great time in both.
That may have been mine, too - branched out into a whole bunch of similar "World" MMOs - I can't remember if I spent more of my time in The World or Brasil Worlds, but I'm sure it was one of those. Mostly social, right? No monsters to kill, even though if you looked hard enough you could teleport down to hell and admire the little imps running around.
Failing that, Shattered Galaxies, which was basically squad-based Starcraft. There was a huge world map with all the provinces that kept on getting conquored, like in Dune 2, only it changed perpetually because the players were in charge.