PKMN12 wrote: »

6: Depends on where the clutter is, and I'm not talking about wanting MORE, I'm talking about wanting SOMETHING.

For immersion and realistic purposes, I beg to differ from your opinion. In a real setting not ALL rooms or halls have clutter or decorative objects or any furniture at all whatsoever... Besides, many architectural and interior design styles are inclined towards a minimalistic approach

My personal opinion is that the game was designed with the wrong approach from the ground up... it should have been designed as a sandbox-style MMO like UO, EVE or ArcheAge from the start. Now they are trying to add sandbox elements (seemingly due to players requesting it) into an already finished game that was designed as a theme park MMO at the start and according to the way I am reading ZOS' feedback in posts, live streams etc. a lot of the sandbox things the players are asking for seem to be too much work or hassle to put in, like player housing and underwater exploration.

I feel that by selectively adding a few sandbox elements like a partial justice system but leaving out important ones such as player housing, underwater exploration, open world (meaning a world in which you can travel into other faction's zones and PVP and not just in a veteran rendition of it), farming and spell crafting for example the game will in the end feel too much like it's neither here or there...there is a lot of tension on these forums from players wanting more sandbox elements (I for one would love to see this as a Sandbox-style MMO) as well as some new, immersive story content.

It has been nearly (seven?) months without any significantly new zones/dungeons or significant quests/story lines added to the game. Depending on the resources of the developers, I would think (I might be wrong though) that if more focus is given to Sandbox-style elements and game play, then the story content would progress much slower and would perhaps tie-in or revolve around the sandbox elements in some way, for instance by primarily providing a valuable crafting resource.

On the other hand, as currently seems to be the case, more focus could be given on developing story content and new zones/ dungeons and quests etc, which a lot of people also want.

I personally would like to see this game with all the sandbox bells and whistles as well as amazingly designed zones with intriguing quests (and dungeons/trials) that tie into the sandbox elements, for example, something like this:

Performing the black sacrament in your house in Vvardenfell, having another player in the dark brotherhood faction getting a quest from a quest board with the assassination that you want performed: a rival player in a rival guild in your faction, with a farm near Whiterun. Unfortunately for you, the assassination fails, and you now have a bounty on your head. The guards catch you and you accept arrest, whereupon you are sent to face a jury of several other players; you are found guilty and now have to spend 20 real-life minutes in prison - you manage to escape (the prison would be like a hard delve), fleeing on your Senche-tiger mount, and set sail for a neutral territory where the guards do not know you and you are safe for the meanwhile...

In conclusion, I think that ZOS has a crowd of players that goes through the entire spectrum of theme park vs. sandbox -types to please and I hope that they will find a way to add as many sandbox elements in so as not to make the remainder of the players too unhappy. This game reeks with potential that is underutilised i.e. an MMO derived from a hugely successful sandbox-RPG franchise, but ultimately I feel that many of the things people want might never get added because of the way the base game was designed. Now just for me to sit in hope and wait that ZOS proves me wrong!