Players need more power

[giftforce]

All you have to do is play Minecraft on a public server to answer this question.

And that answer is a resounding NO.

But minecraft is so popular (which is remarkable for a game with such abyssmal graphics). Maybe there is some merit to a game like that, you know.

[Zkieve]

There is a game that focus on this , i really have not played it much but its based solely on what you say , Or at least what i understood you were trying to say.
Wurm online.

Practical speaking,I dont see how this could be implemented on here with current limitations.

I agree is an Awesome idea none the less.

[Ava]

Minecraft + MMO would be awesome, but I would wager it would be virtually impossible with current server technology. Or rather, it would be far too expensive. In addition, MMOs require a certain level of structure. If they wanted to allow us to sculpt our own lands, then what's stopping someone from smashing down Uldah? If someone builds a new and better town, what's stopping people from smashing that one down too?

I really wish MMOs would do more things with housing and maybe instanced outdoor gardening, but as far as public terrain goes I would say keep that part out of the MMO genre. Leave it to games like Minecraft and Terraria, they are quite successful in the respective genres.

[giftforce]

Minecraft + MMO would be awesome, but I would wager it would be virtually impossible with current server technology. Or rather, it would be far too expensive. In addition, MMOs require a certain level of structure. If they wanted to allow us to sculpt our own lands, then what's stopping someone from smashing down Uldah? If someone builds a new and better town, what's stopping people from smashing that one down too?

I really wish MMOs would do more things with housing and maybe instanced outdoor gardening, but as far as public terrain goes I would say keep that part out of the MMO genre. Leave it to games like Minecraft and Terraria, they are quite successful in the respective genres.

As I said, it need not be to the utter far end of the spectrum. On one side you have the devs controlling everything, and on the other side you have complete player freedom, but in between you have a mixture of both.

And just look at Star Wars Galaxy. Ten or so years ago they were able to implement one of the best MMO-housing systems (though it had faults) which is amusing to see it has not improved much since.

ArcheAge and Mortal Online are other recent MMOs where you can build almost anywhere. So it's not an impossibility with today's technology, nor with yesterdays'.

And if there are problems with freedom, then you just have to provide solutions and structure to overcome those problems within the framework of trying to keep as much freedom as possible.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

this is but of many post i agree with giftforce by chance.. yes i would play that kind of MMO over any other MMO's now.

[Dreadnought]

has anyone mentioned that the next two big MMOs coming out will have the feature to shape the games world, lore, and even NPC interaction with you?
the new star wars MMO and guild wars II states this will be their main feature - shaping the world around your character.
id imagine it will be to an extent but non the less this will be a technology i see advancing and becoming the norm.

[giftforce]

has anyone mentioned that the next two big MMOs coming out will have the feature to shape the games world, lore, and even NPC interaction with you?
the new star wars MMO and guild wars II states this will be their main feature - shaping the world around your character.
id imagine it will be to an extent but non the less this will be a technology i see advancing and becoming the norm.

I think you meant to say TERA and ArcheAge. (Political system = TERA and Sandbox = ArcheAge)

Both GW2 and SW:ToR are typical WoW-esque games with little emphasis on player-run activities. Dynamic quest-chains isn't really the same thing as giving players power.

[Verecund]

Damn... if that statement about bringing FF single-players into the world of MMOs was made in all serious, they have failed utterly in that endeavor. How they would think (if indeed they did think) that this MMO even matches up to any of their late single-player titles, in any aspect, is beyond me.

I'll admit that their approach to delivering the storyline was a good step in the right direction, but it is not nearly as fleshed out as it needs to be in order to even make a relative comparison...

[Rokien]

archeage is looking pretty close to what you said mr. Gift. You will beable to shape the world around you.

[syntaxlies]

archeage is looking pretty close to what you said mr. Gift.

you necro'd 2 of gift threads today, now i am certain you are gifthorse.