Alpha First Look: Video 2 - Gridania

[Preypacer]

Fantastic!

If all the changes they've made in Gridania constitutes "only changing the cities up some" (to paraphrase), then I can't wait to get out into the world zones, because I couldn't recognize a lot of the areas they went through.

Looks gorgeous, and this isn't even with fully detailed graphics yet. Awesome. Love the new Gridania music, too.

My one gripe, it's a minor one, but it just irks me when I see it - and it's the same in 1.0, too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...kfoY#!&t=1m53s
3 Waterfalls flowing into a tiny pool with nowhere for the water to go. It would be flooding over into the area there.

Again, not a major gripe, but I always looked at that in 1.0 and thought "how did no one find that odd?"

Edit: I also love the look of the new mini-map. The map portion that is. I really did not like 1.0's version at all. Very confusing to read and figure out. I can tell they tried to represent elevation, but it just made for a really confusing experience, for me anyway. Also, the color scheme and style reminds me of a certain other MMO that I won't name here, which makes it a bit "like home" to me as well.