it is
1) Created by the original EQ designer.
2) He is incharge
3) The economy, housing and leveing basics of SWG
4) Mounted combat
5) Player owned and operated Shipping (Sails and all)
6) From Wizards to Knights to Rogues to. . .smugglers. . .yeah. . .real smugglers.
7) SWG Players housing on Steroids. Set Admin list, EMPLOYEE list, Open and Close time for your structures (for buisnesses), NPC workers. . .that can at any time of the day be replaced by one of your Player Employees.
Very advanced Interactive crafting. You actually have to swing the hammer 
9) 3 Factions like DAoC
10) Possible to have good faction with all three. . . .as long as someone from another faction doest see you!
11) They say it will be VERY hard to start and maintain a guild, this will prevent everyone and their mother from having a guild like in every other game. THANK GOD
12) Players Cities like SWG.
13) Don't wanna dock your ship in a NPC city, cause ya dont wanna get caught? Dock in a PLAYER OWNED DOCK.
14) AI NPCs that do not allow farming. . .if a heard or nest is being farmed the creatures know not to go there anymore. . .creating a bigger need for hunting partners and trackers. Also making it so Player cities dont have to fend off a beetle every time they leave their house.
15) The ability to make a living, become famous throughout the server, and Max level without swinging a sword of shooting a bow.
16) Higher level archers will have the Bow Power of DAoC (1-2 shot kills) instead of the repedity of WoW or EQ-EQ2.
17) Beastmasters. . . You see it. . .You can ride it. . .even Sharks. . .I'm not kidding.
18) WoW fastest mounts were the most expensive. . .Van? The cheapest! Why? The lighter the armor on the horse the cheaper and faster it is! However a Fully plated horse will not only be Expensive and slow. . .but Also a foe almost as deadly as the rider!!!! This also prevents higher level ganking, and alows a Ranger or so to espace full armored Player City Guards.
And so much more!!! All of this info I found was off of forums 6 months old. . since then People have played the Beta and say "It's everything they said it was x's10"!!!! I can't wait, they havn't set a release date yet. However ANYONE who has heard me rant and rave about how I use to love SWG before they screwed it up. . .Knows this is right up my ally.
