I am really enjoying Rift. I haven't played an MMO since EQ2 years ago and never played WoW so some of this is quite new to me. I do see quite a bit of resemblance to EQ2 in Rift though.

At the moment Rift is an amazingly polished release game. They rightly focused on the core elements and got them working very well for release. What Rift is missing though are the options that the older MMOS have like more dungeon experiences and cosmetic clothing. Those are just 2 examples but you get the idea.

What I'll likely do is take my current trio up to a high level then take a break and wait for a few major updates or an expansion to bring in the fluff that fills out the mmo world.