isn't there a single player mode? is that online too?
welp nevermind. that's fucking awful.
It seems like it's going to have a "single player" mode in the same way games like ESO or GTAO have an online mode. In other words, you can play alone, but you still have to be online, and you're still in a server with other people, who can still choose to fuck with you if they want to. So, you know, not really "single player" at all.
It's still up in the air whether or not it could have a "passive mode" or pure PvE sort of system where you can become immune to other players and their griefing fuckery, but with everything they've said so far, if it has that option they've not mentioned it even once (and, in fact, have said a number of things that imply they absolutely don't have a feature like that, and will never implement one).
Which will probably be the deal-breaker for me. Games like Ark (which is exactly what I expect this game to be like) don't appeal to me in the slightest, because all of my creative builder instincts (ie, the things that made me enjoy Minecraft) are basically murdered stone-cold dead when the possibility of another asshole player fucking up hours and hours worth of my work for the lulz. And it seems like they've built that into the very core of the game with being able to nuke areas).
Theoretically, if post-launch it's demonstrated to have some form of passive mode where I can basically play "solo" and never have to interact with another player in any meaningful way, I might be more willing to give it a chance (but it'd still be iffy).
The more I hear, the less I want it. At this point I've just about lost all interest. ---