GFX look waaaay too shiny for being anywhere near optimized for big scale PvP. It's like Age of Conan quality graphics with Oblivion type enviroment. GG getting 40 frames on that in group PvP on an average rig.
Aventurine (Darkfall), despite being small in relative size compared to other companies are a company with vet PKs among their devs, that have made a game based on a decade of seeing what pvp mmos were missing. If anything, Darkfall will just become better and better month by month. It's just now starting to become clear to me what an epic lifespan the game will have. People are just now, months into the game, starting to break out the smallest boats as well as warhulks. Few guilds, if any have fully built out cities and no one is even close to maxing out a character.
PvP technique and strategy is changing week by week as players are pushing the limits.
As much as I think Mortal Online might be an OK game it won't be a real competitor to DFO. Not if you are in it for the conquest PvP, manual aiming, full loot, long lifespan and politics that matter.
Another observation, they relesed an FX'ed up non-gameplay, theatrical trailer before any game footage / technical footage. Speaks volumes about the developer IMO.
If I was to look at any upcoming games it would be Fallen Earth, but I'm not. DFO is the game and will be for years to come.