I, for one, am going to skip the opening rush.  Those are rarely worth the hassle.  I'll give it a month to get the bugs out and then jump in.  If you think a game is going to have a bad launch - don't play at launch.

There will be a vertical gear progression of sorts - effectiveness will be determined both by skill choice and by gear quality.

From my understanding, there will be a very small number of faction-specific skills that you can earn by increasing your standing with your faction.  Me??

I'd like to go with a

melee tank (sledgehammer) + shotgun

healer + sledgehammer melee dps

rifle + crowd control

Originally posted by xKingdomx

Originally posted by Shadanwolf

What would draw me to the game:

-24/7 persistent faction conflict

 

-you actually have to think (now thats refreshing)   

 

I look forward to hearing more...love the sandbox character progression too.

 

They have already said PvP are instanced battleground

not sure if there are no open world PvP, they gave reason to the three factions 'know' each other, but they understand they need each other to survive.

 

lol

 

There will be no open world PvP.  There will be 1 persistent battlefield with several temporary instanced ones.  The idea is that in order to prevent the secret war from spilling onto the streets and blowing everyone's cover, the secret war (between factions) will take place in set aside areas.

Yes, the PvP is instanced.  In the specified zones, "The uniforms come on and the gloves come off".  In PvE there will be no player on player collision (there will be in PvP), and you can group up cross-faction for PvE goals.

As for the 'Can't trust Funcom' crowd.... I've taken this stance with ALL games and it's worked well for me.  No preorders, no signing up until I've heard reviews from late stage beta at least.  Let someone else take the risk, tyvm, I'll give money to studios that field a quality game I want to play.  That being said,  I have been watching this one closely.  I still won't be pre-ordering it until I've heard a  consensus from actual players.

The look of the space reminds me of Half-life 2.  (not a bad thing) I hope they do a little work on the character animations, though.

All in all, I'm more excited than ever about this game.  The dungeon looked fun.  The thing I'm looking forward to most is no more ladders, no more levels, classes or other things that contribute to 'MMO grind'.  From what it looks like, you'll get skill points from playing the game, regardless of what you're doing, so I can do whatever I feel like and not worry about the progression of my character.

Originally posted by Dragim

"In terms of the game itself, it seems that you'll be able to play together and quest together with members of the opposite faction"

Ugh, lame.  "We are enemies but we can quest together.  I might even give you information about my fellow sides location."

"By the way, is it ok if I kill you?  I wouldn't want to make you mad even though you are my enemy.  I might not get invited to groups to quest again."

I find this incredibly disheartening :(, hopes for some kind of daoc style set-up is nearly out the window. (Though I understand that this isn't any kind of daoc clone, just the 3 "sides" had me hoping)

The idea is that all three have it in their best interest to neutralize any dangerous threat, and it is each faction's best interests to keep the secret world - secret.  PvP will be some minigames, as well as (most assume at least) an open PvP area.