http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/875/feature/6753/Reshaping-Darkfalls-Sandbox.htmlThe two things I hated the most about Darkfall 1.0 sound like they're being addressed in 2.0.
1) Everyones toons being the same since there's no skill cap
2) The grind
I would be all for giving Darkfall a real shot. I played a bit in beta and went through the god awful release. The game only held my interest for a couple weeks as I spent so damn much time grinding and macroing it wasn't a fun game.
I've been looking for another GOOD PVP game with open world, non instanced PVP with death consequences since EQ1 Rallos Zek / Shadowbane. For the longest time games were either solid and polished but had pussy rulesets (WoW and all the clones) or the game itself was a steaming pile of shit but the ruleset was good (Darkfall / Mortal Online).
I really hope DFO 2.0 will be the game to combine a solid, fun, polished game with a good PVP ruleset.