Keeping glass half full... the silence and lack of buzz is because the company decided to invest capital into development and not marketing... although history as shown this usually not to be the case. We'll see...
Largest open world by sq km, oceans, ships... all this functionality is getting crammed into initial release? (or so thats how I see it from viewing the trailer).
These are alot of mechanics to introduce to an MMO release and I'm worried that this will be either
The Day Before
or
massive buggy...