The first beta spots are about to be given out in the next few days. Only about 100 of them are going out so I don't expect to know anybody who gets in. But there's a lot of information about the game available already. I've been reading up at http://www.knightsofthesacred.com/de/. Looks like really good stuff so far.
Crafting while offline... non-level based crafting... consensual pvp except during city sieges (which I like -- enforced realm defense, essentially).
The class system seems really open, you can choose a class based profession or an undefined class. Seems mostly skill-based.
This is the one I'm hoping turns out really fun. But dude, you're such a DE fanboi! =)
It's easy to be a fanboi when the product's not even in beta yet. I haven't had a chance to be monumentally disappointed.
If I get into the beta I'll be sure to gloat here first.
I put my name on the list, but I'm not sure if I'll actually get in. It looks pretty.
The community manager seems a little more on the ball than Sanya. They have already said that the first 100,000 beta applicants will all have a chance to beta at some point. I signed up over a year ago.
Housing from the start... quests that branch and whose endings open other quests, so your decisions matter... group monster AI, so you got monsters that heal each other. Monsters that run away. I'm sure the pve gets old eventually, they all do, but this looks like it'll be fun for a while.
City building... there's 50 cities in 5 nations. Take over a city then build stuff a la shadowbane. Use it as a base of operations to raid other nations. Cool!
http://www.knightsofthesacred.com/de/gallery/viewer.shtml?nm=mountain_lake.jpg§ion=screenshots
In game shot or not?
Yeah. They have a video of gameplay for E3 but haven't released it to the public yet. Looks pretty good.
ooo pretty