alright, since my hopes of a .hack rpg were pretty much B****slapped to death, does anyone know of a respectable rpg with 3-D graphics? I don't care if you have to buy it or pay for it, but if you find one, there's a few things that I want:
-voice chatting capability
-a big (or at least moderately big) world to explore
-cool monsters to fight
-a way to control who voice chats with you
-skills besides combat (cooking, crafting, fletching, smithing, mining, fishing, hunting etc...)
-lots of armor and equipment
-lots of quests
-lots of character customization options
-open ended combat (meaning you can move around and attack using controls like a video game, unlike WoW or RS)
-not too simple yet not overly complicated
-pets!!!! this is a must! I am a obsessive animal lover and an mmo without them makes me cry... okay, not really but I do like pets
well sort of like a RS with waaaaay better graphics and features and voice chat :3
everquest 2 is perfect for you if you haven't tried it, has voice chat and has a trial and most of the things you listed lol worth a shot imo, i enjoyed it