My background is computer hardware (self taught). I have built computer on my own and for others for about 20 years now.
What will I Build?
I have played games like Asheron’s Call, Ever Quest, Dark Age of Camelot and of course World of Warcraft. I have always loved Asheron’s Call uniqueness in a sense that no one player is the same. There is nothing cookie cutter in that game like there are in newer games. Your skill is based on how well you know the game and its mechanics. I want to build an MMO with the same uniqueness without getting into trouble.
What difficulties will you foresee
The skill system in that game was unique in a sense that you had a wide range of options to choose from and everything you did all the way to running counted towards a skill. I.E. every time you swing your sword, you gained XP towards your sword skill. You can also dump XP into any skill you want. So you gain xp by use and by dumping it. There was no skill tree to follow and there was no one char that was the same.