Awaiting the Resurrection of the MRPG

Frankly, I've been following MMOs only because I am desperate to get away from the genre as soon as possible.

Let me explain.

I love group play, I love questing, and I love RPG mechanics, so MMOs are simply the best option available to me at the moment (and for the last 10-12 years). However, I despise the spastic, chaotic mess of thousands of players running about and casually beating or blasting things into oblivion. I only want to cohabit the world with my friends. A world which is story-heavy and thick with atmosphere. A Bethesda or BioWare campaign geared towards multiple users.

The Neverwinter Nights series doesn't count: the campaigns were awful; it was all about the toolset.

I want this in the RPG, RTS, and FPS genres: cooperative campaigns. Why there hasn't been anything like it since Baldur's Gate II, I'll never understand.