Asheron's Call 2 Preview @ GameSpy

GameSpy has put together a preview of Asheron's Call 2, after having provided an in-depth look at Turbine's upcoming sequel for the last week. A snippet:

    Asheron's Call 2 wants to entwine players in a rich political landscape. First, they're maintaining the allegiance system from the first game -- this system allows players in need of help or equipment to pledge their "allegiance" to a player of higher level, who in turn can collect experience points from the deeds of his or her followers. Allegiance pyramids in the original game have grown to encompass over a thousand players! This clever system that encourages high-level players to help struggling newer players will remain.