Not your average mmorpg..

sour7lemon

Hey everyone.
I was wondering if anyone knew of MMORPG's that arent your average MMORPG. What I mean by this is that do you know of any MMORPG's that arent your basic fighting? I like the online games that are more focused on survival, business, and things that dont involve just fighting, teaming, battling, etc.

For example, I LOVED the sims online. It was very fun (but it hasn't been updated in 4 months with anything more than change character name, so i quit that). I also love There.com and Secondlife.com.
Also, I like the games that are modern-day set.

So, to sum it all up, do you know of any online games that are more focused on survival, business, like a life simulation, but that arent your run of the mill Fighting and battling games?

Thanks! Gotta do some homework before my busy schedule kicks in.

**Edited to add:
I was being a little picky. To broaden it up, do you know any games (in addition to my qualifications above) that aren't like every fighting game out there? Somethign that has more of a point than fighitng and getting armour?

qotsa

A Tale in the Desert. I don't care for the graphics a whole lot. It seems like a pretty neat idea. It's set in old Egypt, I think. You can play for free for 24 hours. You can do it over multiple days or whatnot. Basically you start out with nothing and you build everything from the blades you use to cut wood to making your own bricks out of mud, straw and sand. I believe almost everything is player made in the game. 

IceyGregorio

Auto Assault. Even if there is alot of fighting in it, the combat system is unlike any you have seen. Plus you can get lost in all the crafting to do in the game too. May be a fairly tradiontal MMORPG, but its very well done and alot different feeling then others. 

MadAce

Starport: Galactic Empires .

No skills and such and very simple gameplay but extremely entertaining for...  A very long time.
I don't really know a defenition of it's type.