I voted Sandbox, too.

I can't imagine blasting through the Theme Park to max level in a matter of weeks and having to spend the next 4 years and 11 months playing the same 4-5 Battlegrounds, Arenas, Warzones, or whatever they want to call 'em.

Sandbox has fantastic sustain. It's a shame that AAA funding has never really hit the Sandbox genre as of yet. Here's hoping for ArcheAge and EverQuest Next (Smed did state that they are going virtual world with this one).

Themebox or sandpark :)

I think that the combination of the 2 would be the best (if done right)...

Didnt vote because you forgot to include:

Doesnt matter as long as it is fun.

Originally posted by mmoDAD

I voted Sandbox, too.

I can't imagine blasting through the Theme Park to max level in a matter of weeks and having to spend the next 4 years and 11 months playing the same 4-5 Battlegrounds, Arenas, Warzones, or whatever they want to call 'em.

Sandbox has fantastic sustain. It's a shame that AAA funding has never really hit the Sandbox genre as of yet. Here's hoping for ArcheAge and EverQuest Next (Smed did state that they are going virtual world with this one).

I wish

Source please?

Didn't vote. If I had to play one game for 5 years, it would be too much like a second job. :P

Originally posted by ste2000

Originally posted by mmoDAD

I voted Sandbox, too.

I can't imagine blasting through the Theme Park to max level in a matter of weeks and having to spend the next 4 years and 11 months playing the same 4-5 Battlegrounds, Arenas, Warzones, or whatever they want to call 'em.

Sandbox has fantastic sustain. It's a shame that AAA funding has never really hit the Sandbox genre as of yet. Here's hoping for ArcheAge and EverQuest Next (Smed did state that they are going virtual world with this one).

I wish

Source please?

I did see something stating it would be no zoning... but was a long time ago... and I do not think it was Smedley who said it, it was just something posted about the game.  But I cannot remember 100%.

Too bad that sandbox hasn't been built yet (and likely never will at this rate.)

Could be a really crappy sandbox game or a really good themepark. Or vice versa.

Sandboxes are not inherently superior, despite what it's cool to say on these forums. Same goes with themeparks. Really, not enough information to make any sort of rational decision.

So I choose pikachu.

If I were to go with a specific game I could see myself playing for 5 years that is not yet made... but has been mentioned it would be EQ Next.

I played many years on EQ1 and no other game has held me for over a couple of months since then.

Darkfall was the best game I have played since... which is bad when you consider it was never really perfected or near a good state... hopefully DF:UW is much better... regardless I will enjoy the game in early stages.

How much sand in the sandbox?

I would play an MMO for a long time if it had these features:

1) Darkfall feature set as a base model

-player vendors

-big world

-skill based (with skill caps)

-FFA full loot

-player made boats

-housing

-player cities, villages, hamlets

-No AH

*Things I would add:  local banking, localized resources specific to region, no world chat (only /say /w /shout with chat bubbles), player made maps and compases, roaming guards in high security zones, craftable furniture, tabards, dyes, more harvestable resources, pack mules, farming.

2) Guild Wars 2 gathering + crafting speed + discovery with a little of Vanguard's crafting depth.

All I can think of for now.

Originally posted by Badaboom

How much sand in the sandbox?

I would play an MMO for a long time if it had these features:

1) Darkfall feature set as a base model

-player vendors

-big world

-skill based (with skill caps)

-FFA full loot

-player made boats

-housing

-player cities, villages, hamlets

-No AH

*Things I would add:  local banking, localized resources specific to region, no world chat (only /say /w /shout with chat bubbles), player made maps and compases, roaming guards in high security zones, craftable furniture, tabards, dyes, more harvestable resources, pack mules, farming.

2) Guild Wars 2 gathering + crafting speed + discovery with a little of Vanguard's crafting depth.

All I can think of for now.

This sounds good seems like it has a good balance of what I would like... never played Guild Wars2 so I cannot say I agree with that but sounds good to me lol.

Originally posted by BadSpock

Too bad that sandbox hasn't been built yet (and likely never will at this rate.)

 

That remains to be seen.  Enough of these huge-budget themeparks are not performing anywhere near what investors want, so some companies are growing wary of them.  Sounds like Funcom is out for the forseeable future.  Wouldn't surprise me to see a few other big companies drop out when their next lame themeparks fail to deliver past 30-60 days.