ecently at E3 2007, new footage and gameplay of NCSoft's upcoming MMO Tabula Rosa was released.  It looks GORGEOUS, it will clearly be a great fun MMO... in fact I had a chance to play it, and it is fun!   BUT IT IS JUST AN MMO.  A lot of people are thinking (incorrectly) that his will be any different than the 'click, click, wait' experience found in ALL OTHER MMOs....  it is not different.  It "hides" lag like all other MMOs.  No, it is no FPS.  There is no FPS MMO.  There cannot be any time soon....

Another title called Fury by a company called Auron is said to be an FPS MMO.  It is not.  it is an FPS, with PERSISTENT ELEMENTS... (similar to War Rock or Battlefield 2)....    I played it.  It is a fun FPS game... but it is NON an MMO.

So, what would be an FPS MMO?  An FPS MMO would play like a first person shooter, but allow you to see more than 1,000 players at a time... AND SHOOT THEM IN THE HEAD! :)

That's the game I dream of... and it is WHY I FIGHT LAG!

Lag pure and simple (mostly server lag) is the REASON that the true FPS MMO will not happen any time soon.... it will take the combined efforts of all of us, demanding LESS LAG to make this happen!

Tytus