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OK, now that they have a list of servers out (though only partial, they will add servers where needed), can the established guilds who have been recruiting for this game for some time note which servers they plan to operate from?
No one bought 'Early Access' keys, certainly not the OP. They can only be purchased at the registration site and only during the time frame that FunCom made them available. GoGamer, if they called them Early Access keys, were completely off the mark to call them such. The only 'keys' they ever sold were the pre-order keys for the mounts, however they mislabeled them. It would have been nice if FunCom had perused all the promotional materials all the retailers used in selling the AoC bundles, but that didn't happen obviously.
Nothing planned.
Graphics updates will undoubtly come after the new engine. New patches will utilize the new engine to full effect, and some older nano casting effects will probably get facelifts. Character animations are not graphics updates, though, and are a whole different animal; requiring enormous amounts of labor hours - more than the new engine and with less visible benefit. If AoC is silly profitable, Funcom may hire a few more people for AO but you can bet that redoing character animations is not near the top of their list in terms of what they will focus on to increase subscriptions.
Character animations have nothing to do with the graphics engine update coming. The avatars will run exactly as they always. If how they are animated turns you off, nothing coming down the line will change that for you. Anarchy Online's avatars will also jump (something many MMO avatars can't do) and crawl (I know of no other MMO besides AO has avatars that can crawl). The graphics engine upgrade is mainyl about reducing lag, and improving the quality of the environment and textures.
Do you currently play a SOE published game?