'You can train your character in a particular way,' says Raph Koster, creative director at Verant.
'You could be a smuggler, and when you get bored, you can give up those skills and try something else.'
Basing character profession on skills means that players can literally be whatever they want: bounty hunter, smuggler, mechanic, craftsman, even oyster farmer, writer, musician, bartender or hairdresser. And, unlike traditional RPGs, race will have no restrictions on what skills you choose to pursue.