@target where did you get the information regarding recipes? I see the wiki shows the different crafting professions but nothing on how they work yet.
Just that alteration and enchanting will be schools that can interact with alchemy and making magic items...
Yeah big fan of reading and collecting books in game and reading about lore and creatures in the game...
Makes sense with sandbox not to have a main story quest... Divine quests will be cool. But wouldn't mind a few quests here and there, just please no grindy ones
Will this game feature a main storyline?
I ask cause storylines are great but not very fun if you miss out on them... Guild wars 2 has been a game I play off and on and it sucks to log on and see you have missed content.
I hope this game doesn't have content that you can miss...
@xionmuteki remain human
Changing to Lich is like unlocking a new race... Its not an improvement on humans. And not necessarily stronger.
I think Lich might not be able to have as many or maybe as strong tech as human... Sure there is reasons to stay one of the original races.
@theseeker like Jetah says you have more than one character slot...
I would say hold off on thinking too much about what race you going to pick, we don't know enough yet about the game to lock stuff like that down.
Just stay up to date on the information and sure we will know more about character evolutions in the future...
I think the biggest factor for race selection will be your guild, no use playing a race when you can't play with mates.
@theseeker Well there is another possibility for assassin/hunter character that doesn't mean you need to be evil.
Evil character has free choice as to who they can attack, be it fellow evil characters/neutral or good. killing evil characters for them rewards no alignment I will think. killing neutral/good characters will give them more evil alignment points.
BUT you could be a character who hunts these players, when a evil character is running around they can obviously kill freely but they can also be attacked with the good aligned player not having bad reputation gained, I think there was a mention that evil characters killed this way actually reward good points if killed.
so you could be an evil assassin character killing without mercy through pvp
or you could be a bounty hunter type character killing off the bad guys.
Once we know more about skills this will pinpoint play-styles but the alignment feature is already such an amazing way to make the game diverse.
I think my first character is going to be demon converted to angel, specializing in restoration and hunting down evil undead....
@target that is pretty good idea, perception innately shouldn't offer vision in the dark though.
Being able to perceive things better is what the stat provides but no matter how high you skill you can't perceive things if your vision doesn't work. But this is fantasy I guess
Perhaps a talent in the perception tree that allows this.
Your character can use any skill in the game, attributes you choose in the beginning will affect the strength of those skills...
So giving a character high strength and then having him learn spells will be counter intuitive... The character will be able to cast the spells but they wont be as effective.
So a beastkin will be able to use assassination and "hunter" skills for sure...
Beastkin start on a pve planet that doesn't condone pvp as much as the other planets, in order to kill other players you will be required to choose neutral alignment... killing other players will further effect your alignment to that of evil.
Finally if you so choose you can become an abomination.... beastkin changes race, gets horns and becomes a hybrid class that can only be evil, and you can be a evil assassin.
Many choices there is....
Keys for pre-alpha will be given to top 100 in the foundation rankings... But you can possibly get one as well if you win one of the weekly drawings I believe.
Alpha 1 you can get keys by getting the higher pledge packages and beta if you get the lower ones.
The magic system and the interactions they can create...
Wonder if there will be spells to create light, magelight?
@boogis we presume that undead are evil because most games and fantasies place them in that role...
There is information out there which supports there being good Liches... They attain undeath to keep watch over their charges... Protect and teach, possibly to fulfill a noble quest that they know they can complete in their normal lifespan.
So up to you which you choose I guess... But we know this game and its lore will support both.
For gameplay reasons the Lich will have pros and cons, resistance to cold but weakness to fire... Increased int but reduced con/char... Increased necromancy. No need for food!
I guess you would want to make a Lich if you plan on making a spellcaster...
I personally plan on making one for a few reason... the challenge of converting, running around as an undead character summoning more undead so cool!
So both aesthetics and gameplay are reasons.
With such a small team constructing the game I would rather have them flesh out and make the regular combat perfect... Polished.
Mounted combat can be something explored later on once the game is running well not?
So many systems and game mechanics are more important to be focused on.
I would imagine the skill has the same strength, given you have the right attributes to compliment them... The alignment is more flavour than power
You actually brought up something I haven't wondered about... how can you stay a truly neutral character, to keep your alignment on zero. Choosing neutral gives you options to either be evil or good, but to stay neutral will be difficult as your actions contribute to alignment.
You would have to juggle killing good and bad characters... As killing evil characters give you good karma and vice versa and alternate good and bad quests to keep your alignment centered. Not sure this would impart any benefits apart from being a constant struggle to stay neutral.
Very cool, battling good and bad choices every session... 
But probably not what's intended.
I believe they said any of the character changes... abomination, angel and lich is end game and will require a lot of work.
Lich characters will be suffering penalties besides, so having a lich tank will be less effective than regular human... As they loose constitution.
Unsure if the Lich retains the use of technology... But sure that staying human allows for its own benefits. Becoming a Lich will not be everyone's choice I think.
I like the idea of making a thief style Lich, I imagine that will be duable since they don't suffer from dex and perception. Creating odd builds is something I enjoy a lot, but we will need to see if this is viable in the future.
Nice!
Only heard of this game 2 weeks ago so hyped for more info...
To me it would be like having certain skills be alignment based due to their mechanics and nature.
Off the top of my head having a conjuration spell that opens a rift to Tartarus, not a stargate that allows travel but an unstable portal that summons certain beings from that planet. This action is evil due to you channeling demonic forces, creating a tear in reality with the intention to cause harm.
Then say the same ability is used by someone of good alignment, they open up a more portal to Arboreus.... Calling up beings that basically serve the same combat purpose but not for evil purposes. Or perhaps they summon a field of kittens
"jokes"
Just a fun thought... And like I said God powers will be great way of implementing this idea anyway, and hopefully the different types of Major and minor gods will have different abilities to grant.