only have to do that if you want to play together at the same time...
maybe you guys would like Guild Wars?
Yes, we wanted to play together at the same time. What's Guild Wars?
Like wow, but much less deep. Beautiful looking. Easy to level, and compete with players not on your level. No monthly fees. You probably need to buy 2 of this, also, to play at the same time(computer games are like that). It runs ya about 50 bucks or so, but you can probably find some place that sells it a little cheaper. I personally don't think you'd like this. I played it for an hour once. It's kind of lacking in the story dept.
The reason we thought it would be so cool was that we could play with everyone online. If no one's playing guild wars, it's not the same.