I'd doubt the battle system will be out, in the interview with Jakobo, because they haven't really know how it's going to be, to work, how it will work with the guilds, towns,etc.. sweatdrop
Hey, anything to make a battle system work. But since I really just joined a few days ago... I would just end up being neutral. I have to admit, however, that the idea seems rather hard to work out.