I liked to explore in Galaxies, but it was not a very good game.
That’s ridiculous. Galaxies was one of the best MMOs there ever were until they ruined it. No other MMO before or since has given you the same amount of freedom to mix and match all of the skill trees as you see fit. Then there were the amazingly robust and completely player created and regulated economies on each planet. There were so many great and unique communities everywhere in that game with a fantastic playerbase to interact with.
Which is why watching the developers destroy the game with the CU and later the NGE was such a tragedy. And is still mourned to this day by most who played it.