I think most of it will be kept the same since qi only shows up after expedition, im curious with the Tang Wei lore talk (this one been retconned into oblivion already) maybe something about the manuals will pop up?Yes. Really impressive.
The downside, if it really is a downside, is that we'll have to start all over again because of the changes in mechanics and because Nicky apparently added new information to the lore, during the talk with TW.
Another bad thing, depending on how you look at it, is that at least in Mortal Talent, it will be difficult to have an MC who is good at everything; specialization will probably be a necessity. I mean, at least according to Nicky, but he already said the same thing before, so maybe not.
Nah builds will always have some leeway, especially with the artifacts, talents and perks, what i think will be the biggest problem is getting qi, im already sweating for the 300 qi spend to get all six attributes limits into 60.