It is highly unlikely that there will be a pre-release character creator like the one that was present in Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
-There will be different size raids for different difficulties. It is not yet fully defined what those sizes will be for the bigger raid, but smaller raid will be 8 man
-No dynamic content in the same sense as in Rift
-Number of characters per server not defined yet. Guess is that you can have enough to play each class per server, but not yet sure.
-Kicking people off a cliff in PvP matches – YES
-Changing character look after you create it (barber shop) – probably not at ship
-You can have 5 companions on your main character and 5 companions on all your alts and they will all be able to craft at the same time (offline queue) (please watch the interview for better explanation)
-Crafted equipment is what you will need to go into a raid to get the best equipment ever on the server (please watch the interview for better explanation)
-Vanity pets (sly smile – no comment – watch the interview – you will know)