I guess this is cool. Sounds like most of the single player activities are just being ported over to 16-player multiplayer. I was hoping for something more ambitious. When I think persistent world, I think of many more long-term effects. Would be cool to have a shoot-out, destroy vehicles, buildings, deform some terrain and come back a couple of weeks later to see the clean-up still going on. Would be cool if the news radio reported on the goings-on just like single player.
Some type of phased law enforcement man-hunt would be cool too; for example stemming from the above shoot-out and constantly increasing pressure against the player.