Quote Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi View Post
That's the definition of sandbox, and we know this game is in direction of theme park.
Btw, sandboxes aren't wonderful all they time: they are very difficult to balance and if something goes wrong, the game will folllow. that's a reason why sandbox are so few
This. Sandbox MMOs are insanely difficult to balance because of the "freedom" that entails them. There's things that have to be left open for design purposes that can get abused. Likewise, it's a timesink-dependent model because of the simple fact that the game itself would have no clear direction. Sandbox is basically "here is the world. Live in it". Theme park is more along the lines of "here is the world, and this is your story/task/adventure".

PS: Well, damn, I forgot to look at who the OP was...