Lastly, I've never seen a game where people really DIVE into roles. For instance:
My main character was a Paladin. Every Paladin on the server had this thing where we would wave and chat with each other whenever we ran into each other. We would let new paladin use our old gear, help each other out getting Paladin Armors, help level 30s do the Paladin Quest, etc. We would roam around the world and just help people.
Everyone just dove into the Paladin "Role" and loved it. Some new player would aggro 10 goblins in the Jungle and we would provoke them and tank it so that the rest of the players in the area didn't suffer. I remember once feeling so confident that I told my Ranger
"Grab any monster in this building, I'll tank it"
What made it worth it is that people WANTED to play with you. I had a rule that no one on my team died. No one. I would sell out before I let even the stupidest player die. Paladins became heroes on our server because of the steep penalty that came from deaths. People knew they could play with me and never lose XP, never waste time. Even if someone made a mistake with a pull I would take their mistake as my own and never complain.
Like Isiah Thomas said when Jim Gray asked him about his first Title Season, "You wouldn't get it".
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Realo won gold at the Sex Olympics with a BROKEN FRIGGIN NECK.-Voltch