I am willing to sacrifice the VATS feature for something like this. To be able to play and coexist with a party/group online would be fun. But I'm more for co-op rather than PvP. It gives the game more of a replay value, in my opinion.

EDIT: Monthly fees? Forget it.

Yes, I would definitely play a Fallout MMO, under the following guidelines:

#1.) The game is 100% skill based like Ultima Online was. No levels, no classes. You have a max cap of how many skills you can learn, but otherwise, you pick the skills you want and work them up by using them. IE to raise repair skill, I would repair items. To raise small guns, I would shoot things with small guns, etc etc etc.

#2.) The game is not item based. No epic items, no stuff like that.

#3.) The ingame world is huge

#4.) the ingame world is open PvP. Players should be able to be attacked anytime anywhere there arent guards.

#5.) In true wasteland style, the game should be full loot too. If you die, everything on you can be looted by other players, and even NPCs and monsters too.

#6.) Player owned housing and cities. I cant stress that one enough.

#7.) player crafting driven economy. Everything in the game can be made by characters. Players are the main source for raw materials and finished goods.

With these 7 rules in place, a Fallout MMO would be beyond awesome!

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I doubt that most of that will happen. I don't think it's going to be full PvP.