Earthrise server located on US east coast

PERFECT for an East Coast gamer such as myself, can't wait to see how this game pans out.

@Dril not to bash you but i cant complain being from the east coast!

now why would they want to put their server on an island again? what if a hurricane takes out all the connections/power to the island?! then we're all screwed!

@Dril

Hate to rain on your parade but the EVE Online server Tranquility is in London.

Hmmm, for a game launching Feb. 4 you'd think there'd be more information out about this game. I have to say I'm curious just to have a look at this particular virtual world.

It seemed interesting until I realized that it's more akin to an updated Planetside than anything. While I love the idea of a "sandbox" MMO, unless I'm mistaken the primary focus of Earthside is constant PVP with some elements of crafting thrown in. I don't see any references, or videos, of PVE action. Can someone who's played it comment?

I have a struggle separating games like this from old shooters like Quake and Unreal Tournament, tbh, except for the fact that gear becomes as much of a deciding factor as skill, eventually.

Why is "Sandbox" so interchangeable with PVP? Are there no sandbox PVE games on the horizon? I had always thought "sandbox" meant that it was an open world with no linear quest structure. (What I consider the opposite of a sandbox are games like WOW have a directed experience, culminating in a PVE endgame with rigid restrictions upon how you can travel about the world and interact with static NPC's.)

Am I missing the point?

There are no real sandbox PVE games because what content would there be? Sandbox by definition is open ended, and results in the players creating a majority of the story and life of a server. PVE centric games all require massive amounts of time and resources to create PVE content to beat, and when a studio like Blizzard doesn't have the resources to churn out content fast enough for the mecca of PVE games (WoW), then who will?

Earthrise is slated to have safety areas that people can reside in, but much like highsec in EVE, that's not where the most money is to be had, nor items. Conflict generates content for the playerbase, and for a small studio with limited resources, having the players do a majority of the work for you (provided they are given the tools to do so) is a huge win.

AlienFanatic, Fallen Earth is a (mostly) PvE sandbox MMO. You can avoid not only PvP combat, but combat altogether if you like. There are quests that get you started on crafting, and then you can use the gains to purchase other materials (either from players, the AH, or NPC merchants).

It's PvP will full body looting.

Yeah, that'll bring 'em running for subs.

1) Is there a pre-order for this game?
2) Will they have a Lifetime Subscription?
3) Why is there little info on their website
4) Why haven't I received my beta key since I sign up for it, like a year ago?

If it comes out on the 4th of February...Why for did I not get into a beta phase I signed up when sign ups first started about this time LAST year...
These people are clearly insane

Huh. Good for me as I'm on East coast, but I hope the lag isn't too bad for Europe, Africa, and Asia. That would be a downer.