Asheron’s Call 2 Intelligence Report

For those of you interested in Turbine’s upcoming Asheron’s Call 2, IGN.PC has posted an intelligence report that gives a good rundown of what to expect in the sequel. An excerpt of what you’ll find:

Character Creation & Development: After choosing a race, players will be able to completely customize their character’s skills and appearance. Characters will earn experience whenever they complete quests or kill monsters, which can then be applied to individual skills to improve them. Players will also level, and the skill credits earned upon doing so may be used to train additional skills. Skills are tree-based. One distinctive change from the original is the ability to untrain skills and regain those skill points, creating an almost unlimited ability to change a character, although there are penalties involved.

NPCs: There will be no NPCs for players to interact with in towns or to buy items from. Also, when the game is first released, the towns will be in ruins and need to be rebuilt by players.