Auto Assault Hazard Mode & Skills Q&A

Boomtown has conducted an interview with NetDevil's Steve Snow and Ryan Seabury, in which the producer and senior developer answer questions about the MMORPG's character skills and Hazard mode. Here's a taste:
Q: Will every player from the same class share the exact same skills or will there be choice to make?

A: There will definitely be choices to make... generally speaking, you can choose to go down faction skill lines and be more of a generalist for your race or you can choose to focus on a few particular specialties unique to your class or a little bit of both. In addition, the faction skill trees share a line with 2 of the other character classes from your race...We did this so that you could "bend your template" towards one of the other classes if you liked... for example, the Human Commando shares a line with Human Engineers and another line with Human Bounty Hunters... meaning you can make a "support commando" or "ops commando" if you desired, a very light hybrid (still heavy on commando of course).