Originally posted by Caliburn101

A few things;

It believe is IMPERATIVE that characters of any faction can go into other faction areas...

IMPERATIVE...

I would suggest (at this late stage) putting 'disguise kits' in the game which change a characters appearance just enough to let them travel elsewhere and do the quests and dungeons etc.

These would be one-shot items which take a head slot and give no stat bonsues etc. so it wouldn't be a first choice - but would give a variety of challenge.

Spying quests could give an opportunity to go as well - "Lord X's tomb has been discovered in the Al'Akir desert and we want YOU to loot it before the accursed enemy". Then you get 'smuggled' to it and can't stray too far before getting ambushed by gaurds - but hey - it would give access to other regions in a controlled and metaplot appropriate way.

It would be pretty easy to program too.

Guild Halls are a must-have, period. Player housing is not so important as long as the Guild Halls are large and extensive and give everyone a long period of building and customisation to get their teeth into.

These things should not be glossed over or ignored - they are important to longevity.

 

I totally agree about factions not being land blocked, that for me is the real nail in the coffin and if it doesn't change is probably why I will not get it. Petty some may think but the freedom of exploration is the main reason I love to play the TES games.

I would prefer they change it so that faction choice is something done after character creation. From the get go, they have forced any character I create in the game to CHOOSE a side in the fight. I don't want to choose, or at the very least I want the option to choose when I feel ready to do so.

Choose race, choose starting location, play. During play the ption to choose faction (default racial but option to 'defect') and fight in the war (PvP).

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Originally posted by Bill Murphy

... dungeons ... Some will be public spaces like the one we were treated to, and others still will be more traditional “instanced” adventures that tell a story for a small group or raid.

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He, Bill, it's the other way round: public dungeons are the traditional dungeons, not the instanced ones. Blizzard didn't invent the MMORPG. :)