Personally, I think everyone looking for a game with a lot of similarities and as much potential as Ryzom should check out W.E.L.L. The least you can do is just look at Komi's site.
http://wellonline.proboards99.com/index.cgi
This game offers:
Classless System
Content system that truely incourages RP(think Kat's post from February about how missions should be in Ryzom)
Organizations run by NPC's that you can become a part of and build a career
Player run organizations capable of hiring NPC's and setting tasks
Controlled PvP system
Fast leveling so no/little grinding
Massive Endgame content provided by a truely dynamic world
Ingame television
Cars fully capable of having accidents with
Profession system where you can be anything - Member of mafia, crime investigator, soldier of the border guard, reporter, trader, ect. ect. And these are fully implemented roles. Not pure RP, they are content.
So much more!
This game has so much potential, and is looking to be the truely dynamic world Ryzom was suppose to be! At the very least, its still going to be a truely unique game. So, if all the cookie-cutter games bore you, you owe it to yourself to at least check this game out.
(though it is still in development, so we'll just have to wait and see)
~Zangan