If people are going to try it, should probably declare a home area since I think you have to pay to change major areas and/or run across the map; I have no idea how problematic and/or how expensive that is yet with the 1 hour I did poke around in.
I think I started in the Steppes area.
I'll have to see if you start a new character if you still get the premium trial for each character or if its only your first one as well in case people mess up and start in the wrong place.
[Edit: I started a new character and skipped the tutorial and didn't get the premium token things - I don't remember if they were a training quest result or not. Also, it does look like premium is per character not per account which suggests you only get those on your first character. In theory, you can level up anything you want so not sure why you would even need alts in this game. It also appears you only get the Novice mule on your first character.]
As for PvP I think you have to progress through the first few "tiers" which are all in safe areas, not unlike Eve. From the comments it sounds like at whatever tier it is, the worlds become PvP enabled; thus the complaints from carebears that they have leveled up, gathered and crafted in complete safety then whammo.
I think I started in the Steppes area.
I'll have to see if you start a new character if you still get the premium trial for each character or if its only your first one as well in case people mess up and start in the wrong place.
[Edit: I started a new character and skipped the tutorial and didn't get the premium token things - I don't remember if they were a training quest result or not. Also, it does look like premium is per character not per account which suggests you only get those on your first character. In theory, you can level up anything you want so not sure why you would even need alts in this game. It also appears you only get the Novice mule on your first character.]
As for PvP I think you have to progress through the first few "tiers" which are all in safe areas, not unlike Eve. From the comments it sounds like at whatever tier it is, the worlds become PvP enabled; thus the complaints from carebears that they have leveled up, gathered and crafted in complete safety then whammo.
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