There's a big sandbox element to the game. Lots of farming, crafting, and trading to be done as it is a player driven economy. You choose between four races of characters (two on each continent). A cool side note is that characters wont understand each other if they're from different continents. Your character has to learn the foreign tongue - ha! Some other game features are piracy and trial by jury. You have your pvp features, but if you ok pk someone or steal their stuff you can be tried and sentenced to jail time. Or you can build a ship and siege for loot and gold. There's a lot for me to learn but its been fun so far.