This is why World of Darkness will be Awesome, putting a dark format 18 MMO in the hands of people who appreciate and encourage both the true values of the sandbox and peoples ability to be clever and not punish them for it, but rather encourage them to do more..
Let us hope so indeed. WoD will be such a social networking MMO deluxe where politics will be just as important or even more than facemelting or pwning of noobs since you won't be able to really fight your way to the top of the food chain. Me likey, it goes well with the genre and staying true to the IP.