If it takes 30 people to call it a MMO, would that make Counter-Strike MMOFPS in some cases? I've seen 32 (and much larger amounts on lots of servers) players in one game. A game as "revolutionary" as PlanetSide can have well over 300 people in one place at one time. The only problem with PlanetSide anymore is getting people to play. Development has been progressive, yet slow. SOE kind of spread themselves thin for it.

WW2OL and PlanetSide definitely paved the way for other MMOFPS to come along, but there's really no better way to do it than how they pulled it off.

I think the MMO world is going to change here soon.
In the near future I'm sure we well see a FPS movement among companies. I say this because how many MMORPG's have crashed and burned to WOW and EQ?

You can all ready see it happening with Hellsgate, Huxley and others. The MMOFPS is still a new concept in production. The only reason why we see companies trying to come out with MMORPGs instead of MMOFPS, is because they are worried that players well get board of it fast, and treat it like a normal DM FPS game.

I agree, MMORPG's were the latest and greatest. The next big thing is MMOFPS's.

Soldier Front is an awesome mmofps I think.

World War II Online is not just another mmofps,WWIIOL is now and always has been, the only true virtual war on the internet.

this last year has seen many great new features introduced. brigade based supply where your supply follows the brigade instead of having a spawnlist in every town.Attack Objective system to concentrate players into big battles.

new infantry types including snipers,mortarmen,anti-tank riflemen,and grenadiers (rifle launched grenades)all with paratrooper equivelants.

new tanks like the Tiger,sherman 76mm,churchill and crusader series.

mobile spawns and captured depo spawns ensure quick,intense,combat.

an equipment tier system to simulate a rough timeline.(example: tier0 has the PzII, tier1 has PzIIId,tier2 has the PzIIIh,tier3 has the Tiger) tier cycles last about 3 weeks or more depending on how much you bomb the factories.

if you want to play quake style FPS, you dont want WWIIOL, if you want to be in a war,WWIIOL is what you want.

here is a video clip my squaddie made for posting to sites like this

files.filefront.com/UltimateBattleground...19928;/fileinfo.html

Plus there is some promissing FPS game, like Black Prophecy, Jumgate Evolution or Darkfall Online.