I played the first closed alpha or beta or pre-release or whatever they happened to call it and I really liked it, with the exception of every character feeling like they played almost exactly the same. Has the variety been increased any? I remember someone playing it on a UPF and mentioning the same feeling...this is going to determine whether I buy it or not, so if anyone can chime in with any more recent experience I'd really appreciate it!

There are 3/4 classes per faction and they all have different movesets, speeds, and weapons. I think they feel wildly different from each other, i played the last 2 betas but didn't get into the early ones.

Ah ok...when I played I think there was only 1 class per faction available (and the same general type in each one). That would explain why they were all so much alike :)

Haven't played the newest beta version but when I played the classes were all quite a bit different. Reach, power, ability to dodge, one had a shield. It changes things up a lot.