Darkfall Unholy Wars: Totally new to Darkfall, help me decide to buy DFUW

Hey guys, I have tried this game a VERY long time ago and the only reason not have played more was that because it felt overwhelming and made me lost without some basic tutorial to get me through the ropes.
Anyways, now I am looking at this new game and it seems better thought and a good sandbox title.
So my questions are:

Do you think this Darkfall Unholy War gold game will have solid crafting and gathering mechanics/system to cater for the PVE players who are into it?
Do you see this game surviving in the next 4-5 years?
Will a new player like myself who loves PVP and PVE, learn about the game enough to be competitive and contribute to the clan, without ever playing the first Darkfall?

Crafting i cant say to much on it since they didnt reveal to much on it at the moment

I dont see the game last 5 years since there seems to be alot of great titles coming out from AAA devs in the next few years hoiwever i think it will last about 3 years without any issues what so ever, If a AAA game company makes a game with sandboxy element like there all seem to be starting to do it will prob take players away from darkfall however i dont xpect that happening for atleast a few years. thing with Av is they can be a tad slow to pushing out content compared to a large AAA company due to the amount of employee different but they do well with that they have.

The original darkfall didnt have to much of a learnign curve although on release of original darkfall there wasnt realy a tutorial so it took some players a bit to grasp the basics, they did bring tutorial in later in darkfall 1.0 also there a safe zone in the starter area where u dont need to worry bout player killing you so you can focus on lkearning the controls agaist NPCs. Some thing you need to know about darkfall that will differ from other games that you may be use to (WoW type games) first off there no tab targeting which u should know its got a fps style combatm, secondly the basic goblin mobs could kill you if you wernt carful and they could be somewaht unpridicatable which makes it intresting compared to other games, thirdly this is a big one bank your extra loot and gold regulary and when your going to farm/PvE make sure everything you dont need for your trip is in the bank :)

cause of the full loot which i hopeing you are aware of :) (full loot makes thing exciting in pvp risk vs reward) Those are the 3 big things you need to know when coming into darkfall. If you love open world pvp in games you will definetly love darkfall imo, also joining a clan is your best friend when ur starting always nice to have some guildies to go out with to farm/pvp :)

I played Darkfall from closed beta so I can tell you exactly what it was like. The changes they are making are only going to make it even better but the core features are still there.

Crafting: You're able to mine/chop/gather/fish any water/tree/rock/bush that you see... That's what makes Darkfall so special, it's unlike any game you have ever played. You can literally walk upto any rock and just start gathering. When your within safe zone of a town the yield of resources aren't as high as outside of the boundaries as you may not want to take that risk.
With Darkfall being a full loot game, you have PvPers around who look for AFK people though so you always have to keep your eyes and ears open whenever your gathering.

PvE Monsters: They PvE side of things were quite boring due to the way things worked but that's all been changed. The awesome thing I loved about the PvE side of things were that it really felt like ONE MASSIVE OPEN WORLD and sandbox. You would have a massive area where the Goblin's lived and they have extremely far detection range which is realistic and they will be quite difficult to kill solo.
At times you may have to shoot one from far and pull them closer to your and definately think about what your doing. Darkfall's freedom makes it just incredible and an experience you will have never felt before and I'm hoping this new release of the game will make it a huge big thing, it had the potential and now that potential will hopefully be met with the new release.

ALWAYS BARE IN MIND: This is a PvP orientated DFUW gold game so ever part of the PvE will be somewhat PvP related in some way. You cannot live in a single town for your entire game lifespan. You may have to travel to other towns to make trades or merchant trips to get better prices as some towns have more iron, trees and also since mounts are race bound so that only elfs can make elven mounts etc BUT they can trade them mean's that Dwarfs will have to travel or find a elf who has them specfic mounts for sale.