UO was the best game I've ever played, but when they tried to capture the care-bear crowd by creating a non-PVP mirror world on every server, that was the beginning of the end.
I've tried to get back into it repeatedly over the years, but it's crap now. An MMO without risk of loss is pointless. And you could suffer some devastating, rage inducing loss in UO (set of valorite armor with your favorite silver weapon of vanquishing, etc.)
I agree although it got to the point I found it boring and enjoyed working on my mod program (UOExtreme) more than playing the game.
Looting full of stuff corpses was the best.