Fat Shark's Vermintide 2

The career options and talent trees for each really piques my interest. The game is still heavily dependent on player skill and reading of the hordes and mini bosses coming at you, but with the introduction of those previously mentioned elements the gameplay takes on a quasi-RPG mechanic that I personally find is a welcome addition to an already solid game.

So far they've mentioned that the Dwarf character can specialize into his original ranger class, an Iron Breaker, or a Slayer. The Wood Elf character can actually become a Dark Elf shade for one of her choices, complete with the ability to cloak and get out of danger. Speaking of abilities, and the more RPG feel to things, each of the 15 career options (3 for each of the five characters) will feature a passive and active ability; though the developers have said that such mechanics aren't a replacement for player skill.

Oh, and this title will have fully function mod support right out of the gate.

All in all I am really looking forward to finding out more about this game.

I actually enjoyed Vermintide pugs as much as you possibly can - mostly quiet affairs with mostly competent players. The character banter is well written and voice acted, the Warhammer atmosphere is well portrayed... it's probably my most pugged and, to a lesser extent, soloed co op MP game ever. (Another reason for that is that it lacks the frustrating nuisance units and damage sponges of ME MP.)

Even Cataclysm difficulty pugs tend to be quite successful.

It looks like fun. I never followed to closely the first one, and then forgot about it.
Unfortunately I think a game like this is way better when you play with your buddies, and getting any of the fuckers here where I'm at to actually buy a game would be historical. So It'd be PUGs all day If I happen to buy it.
I remember back then, playing L4D2 and Payday 2 with some friends here, it was really fun. Playing with randoms was definitely not very appealing.
Looking at the video above, Arch said the first game was pretty grindy, and this one, although apparently not so much, seems to look rather grindy too. I'm not a super fan of grinding my ass on games, I had my fair share with ME3, so I dunno.

Out of curiosity, how much does it cost in US dollars? I can only see local currency on Steam, but it seems to cost less than half a AAA game doing a quick conversion.

Probably one of the most badass game trailers I have ever seen and none of it scripted. And from all their interactions with their fan base you can tell that they feel good about their game and have no need for hush-hush or corporate BS speak. The AAA industry should take note.

Played a little last night before bed.

Much improved over the original, and I love the RPG-lite elements such as character traits and sub-classes. Even with the addition of passive skills and signature abilities though it doesn't overshadow the core gameplay.