Probably a question for Doc ... ?
What I (think I) am after, in asking, is ...
How does such a vast 'sand-box' type world of the island support an on-line play mode?
- How did Operation Flashpoint do things? Is ArmA the same or similar?
- Will we 'drop in' and 'out' of a campaign mode of play in a persistent world? (btw I've never played PlanetSide or WoW, so I've nothing really to compare things to.)
- How long do we 'sit out' after our player character is killed?
Is it like CounterStrike? (a round's time can vary with number of players)
Or is it like Battlefield? (re-spawns occur at regular intervals)
[I'm sorry my experience of styles is actually so limited, I realize now!]
- Is the ArmA world populated with AI's, to create the scales of battle warranted by the huge areas of the island?