Be warned abut LoL though, people will either hate you for sucking at it, or love you for being a pro. There is no inbetween.
Depending on your mileage for grinding, I recommend Forsaken World, Aion and also Requiem. Depending on your computer set-up, Aion might be the most graphics intensive, so I wouldn't recommend it for really old computers.
First off, Forsaken World. I played it for around...3 months, I think. This mmo is pretty similar to most other mmos out there, you have fetch quests, kill x amount of mobs quests, you know, like "Go fetch 20 Bear Arse for NPC". However, the game environments are really pretty to look at and joining parties to run instances can either get super fun or super depressing depending on how well your party works together. I can't honestly tell you much about the PvP side of it, but from what I can tell, it's mostly people who've ploughed money into the cash shop to get upgrades who tend to do better in PvP than those who are too cheap to do so. In terms of classes, this game has quite a large variety of classes to play, with regular classes such as Priest or Assassin and some fairly strange ones like Vampire. Class selection is affected by what Race you choose to play as, with five being available, I think. Skills are levelled up by buying skill books from npc trainers and each class has three point trees in which to place points into. Depending on how you place your points, you can end up with a very specialised character or a hybrid class, which offers more versatility in playing. However, point distribution is locked and can only be reset by purchasing an item from the cash shop.
Gameplay got very stale very quickly, mainly because I have a very low tolerance for grinding. Most of your exp income will come from completing those stupid Henry quests that start once your leave your race's home town. God those quests are retarded.
Requiem is another pretty standard MMO, however, it sets itself apart from the rest with some really unsual landscapes. The entire game is set in this horrific Grimdark world with eldritch nightmares that appear during the night time of the game. This game has a day/night cycle which affects what kind of monsters spawn. Asides from that, it has very little effect on the gameplay itself. Character creation is pretty similar to Forsaken World, but with less customisation when it comes to appearance. Also similar is the class system, which is partly defined by what race you select. One thing that does become very obvious in this game is that there is very little in the way of information about the game mechanics. I had to actually go and ask people as to how crafting worked, since there wasn't really much information given in game about it. If you're starting off as a lone player, it can be very confusing as to how things work, since there's not much there to inform you. Weapon switching is available in this game, which offers a little versatility when it comes to combat and most classes can use a variety of different weapons, although some are obviously more well-suited for some classes rather than others. To level up, this game features a pretty standard quest system of "Fetch 20 Bear Testicles" and etc. Your quest log can get pretty full from accepting requests from npcs and although you can delete quests to make room for different ones, it does become hard trying to keep track of which ones you have missed or half-completed. his is another MMO that is very grind heavy as well. Dungeons are secluded maps that aren't really instances, anyone can enter them either in a party or as a lone player. Some dungeons allow PvP inside of them as well, which makes lone dungeon exploring slightly riskier.
Aion is another MMO, that has actually been around for quite a few years, it used to be subscription based buit then it was changed to Free to Play. Graphically, I found Aion much more interesting than say, Forsaken World and the world is just a joy to wander through, there's a lot to look at. This game feels slightly less grindy than most, although I can't really specify how exactly. One thing that is unique to this game is the ability to fly in certain zones, which brings about another facet to PvP, since you can actually enter combat whilst flying with other monsters and players. This adds another dimension to PvP. One thing I did not enjoy about Aion was the crafting system. You'll see a lot of people who've just set up their players to craft for hours on end, just to level their crafting professions. It's quite frankly, boring. Combat itself can feel quite tired since you're just using skill rotations.
If you really want a game that doesn't feel grindy, I highly recommend Guild Wars 2. This game does have to be bought with a one-time fee, but there's no subscription or anything afterwards. Despite it's price, I honestly feel that this game is really worth the money that you put forth for it.
This game does have a cash store, but the items sold don't really have a massive impact to gameplay, you won't be buying armor upgrades or anything from it. Instead, the cash store just has cosmetic skins to apply to armor or weapons and consumable items like buffs that give effects over a period of time, like exp gain. But you can play the game without having to spend any money whatsoever in the cash store, it makes that little difference. A lot of traditional grinding has been removed from the game, because of how exp can be gained.
Most of your exp will be gained from completing "Heart" quests that are dotted around all over the map, but you can tell from a glance at the map whether you have completed them or not, which is really helpful. Each heart quests also allows you to complete it by doing a variety of tasks, instead of the regular "Fetch 12 Fish" type quests you get. For instance, you can help an npc by collecting gems located in a cave, by killing mobs roaming around, fighting monsters with turrets, catching frogs, making potions, etc. The variety of activities you can do is really quite astounding and doesn't make you feel like you're grinding at all, since you're able to do so much.
One thing that I heavily approve of is the Dynamic Event system. This events trigger depending on certain actions, some are time based, or some are triggered by talking to certain npcs, or sometimes they just randomly appear. This quests give you massive amounts of exp for completing them.
I could write all day about GW2, but here's a youtube review that does a better job of explaining it than I do :l
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