Is Earthrise planning on including a Consider (Con) System?  A game mechanic that allows players to gauge the strength of their target, relative to their own strength.  If so, will it be applied both to PvE and PvP?

Yes, here:

http://mmozin.pl/zin/numery/EZinNr1/earthriseinterview.html

Half way down in the left column.

My question (I'm not sure if it's been answered or not) is this; pertaining to the single hitbox in combat, will the players themselves be a single hitbox or will it simply be the effect of a shield and/or armor?

If the players themselves are under the regulation of a single hitbox and take the same damage no matter where you hit them, won't this eliminate the play-style preferred by "snipers" and a sniper class altogether?

Personally I've always liked being the sniper and taking away the 1-shot-kill "headshot" in my opinion would make a sniper worthless, and would only open the doors for mass "tanking" where the only class worth anything in combat is the type that loads on mass amounts of armor etc and charges in with big guns blazing.

There will be some kind of guild bank logging, with detailed info about incoming/outcoming items and money?

guilds always want to know who already paid taxes, put items into bank and so on.

I'm curious to hear about the specific effects that the customization of an item will have on it's quality. It's been mentioned that drug toxins can be used to make toxic weapons; can you elaborate and state a few other kinds of special effects weapons can be fitted with?

wondering what happens to the corpses of people dying to mob attacks.

does the corpse become free for all to loot after a time (and so could you also just run back to your corpse and grab the loots yourself without having to pay that extra insurance for uninsured stuff) or are corpse looting rights restricted solely to a human player assuming one killed you (and so mob kills mean any items unclaimed by dead player through their insurance just disappear from game).

also, how does game determine who has rights on the loot...is it who did most damage or who hit first?

Whats the difference between armour and shields?

Cheers spankz :p way to many posts to check so i'll ask ask anyways sorry if its been asked before.

To what extent will i be able to develop my character ontop of skills abilities and gear?
Seeing how most MMO's today is lacking any kind of character development beyond the classic get-gear-click-a-talent-buy-a-spell.

As a former Anarchy-Online player im thinking of implants NCU's and various utility slots.
Giving you plenty of stuff to do even when you are maxed out in levels or slills.

-Hooters!