http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=101435

 Of particular interest:

"We will soon have a system where you can unlearn tradeskills."

"City-life will start appearing in cities. The more buildings you build, the more NPC's will immigrate to your city."

"As with Weaponsmiths, Armorsmiths will get a number of blue recipes that can be obtained through vendors, world-drops and/or boss-kills. These recipes will provide a more diverse look than what the game currently offers and at level 80, it will be possible to craft an entire set of armor (provided of course that you find the recipes for them)."