I am curious to see how they so do martial arts combat in an MMO, esp. in what looks like a PvP setting.   Will it feel more like a fighting game or just the same old game mechanics?   The movement system also seems interesting but it’s the overall gameplay that will count. 

And I’d feel a lot more sorry for floppy-eared old guy if he could have just kept on his shirt

I really like the martial arts approach I think MMOs should and will take this more “realistic combat” gameplay direction rather than tab, hotkey, ui-focused, number/dice based, auto-homing projectiles, non-collision based, and rather static combat.

I too have played hotkey style MMOs for years and going to the “action combat” style games, has shown me more potential of that combat system, along with fun and reward for skillful play than mainstream MMO games.

It’s not that the “realism” aspect is needed, but that combat system becomes more intuitive and typically more game world/environment based rather than UI based. You can pay attention to the action at hand than looking at numbers and other graphical UI indicators that basically indirectly tell you what to do (if you understand the game well enough). I find such combat oriented games much more easy to pick up and adapt to the controls, it’s like learning how to move a virtual body in a sense and learning what it is capable of.

Arena Net, I love you but pay attention; this is a game trailer. Study hard.