Browser based games require the least amount of effort and cost the least to maintain, hence why it is profitable to churn them out like hot cakes because there are people out there dumb enough to keep spending money on them. Capitalism at work.

Eh, I wonder why you even bother playing MMOs. I mean, sure there will be one or two games out there (not only Browser MMOs, but also a lot of other MMOs out there). MMOs are the hype of the gaming world right now (and has been for more than several years) and it will probably still be for the next years until a real Genius of the Game World ascend and invent a new genre (those kind of things don't happen every day).
All in all, I'd say that browsers MMOs are just the tip of the iceberg of crappy games and easy way of making money. I don't even bother to play them anymore, and the few ones that I have played just proved to me that when it's about making money, only the first one is good, the rest is just plain copying with or without any atempt to make it seems like a new game or other game.

I'm sure that if everyone had the same goal as you have then there would have never been a need for people to complain about how the MMOs are.
Also, I'd love to help with making a new game, however I fear that my knowledges aren't that great to start with. Only thing I know is how to write books, revise and translate them, and how to hack a few games >_>.
 

I'd love writting as well, but then, it depends on the scenario :p.
Also, I feel your pain. Though I don't really like teaching, I've had a fair share of teaching lol.
 

I'd be interested in helping with the project, but don't know what I could do for the idea you have. I have little to no programming knowledge when it comes to games. I do draw every so often, you can see examples here http://imgur.com/BRwQLM0 , http://imgur.com/BSGHuXM , http://imgur.com/U9TIvDO and I'm not sure that that's the style of drawing you'd want. I sometimes mess around with spriting when I do ROM hacks but not much. I can create interesting lore and stories, and have for other projects, but really, that's all I got

Have any of you played SpaceBase DF-9 yet?

I want to make an MMO version of that game that doesn't suck ass. :)

This is really exciting, guys! I've been feeling the same about these MMO's. I just casually play flash games to take a break from work. Though I don't have the time to contribute to this project right now, I'd really love to see what you come up with = )