it sounds likely that OTG learned the same lesson we did with original launch and that is taking a city is a bad idea and so to that plan to start your toon skill up till you can group up with guildies to venture further from towns for better xp
order number one will be to establish the guild name and after that simply skilling up in groups
by the time we get the guild going we can ally otg and others and if plans have shifted from what i was told when i spoke to otg tonight then we will go from there
the name of the game is skill up and get money to form the guild and buy more skills learn the ui and how to best use it to win!

Race selection i think should be left open for people to play whatever they want. it will make the first few days more difficult cuz we will have to journey to meet up but i assume we can leap that hurdle
sounds like any race can hang out in any city but i have not played so i cant say for sure please discuss opinions..