The grind is going to make or break this for me. I play on Chinese and after I hit 19 I quit playing. I just have no interest at my age, and playtime to grind away hours on end to level once or twice.

I want to get into the end game and pvp. If they are going to make the game a grind they need to make sure the game has the fun levels to sustain such grind. For me the mob types are too similar through out the game at lower levels, the fact I don't get any new "toys" every level and sometimes have to wait 3-4 levels, mixed with the speed of leveling I just find that the game isn't that fun.

Playing with a partner didn't help exp, maybe group grinding will be faster then questing solo/duo but at this point both he and I have gone back to daoc and decided against pre-order until we see, and play changes to the grind aspect.

I am glad people are waiting with anticipation for this game, I just hope they aren't disappointed when they find that there really isn't anything unique in the game. Flying, while "cool" isn't new. It isn't available in any places pre-abyss other then quest hubs and most of the area's you are in you can only "glide". The game just lacked inspiration for me. I hope for others they find it more fun, but I guess I am looking for something that sets a game apart from the other standard fare mmo's out there today.