I just watch the first Leipzig video again, and didn't hear any weird pronunciation, and IMO the only thing that sounded bad was the background noise. However, as Lar stated in the
News from the front(2) topic, they are just gearing up to do the final voice acting.
I would expect the world to be relatively open. There will most likely be areas only available after certain quests have been done or main plot points reached, and it has been mentioned that turning into a dragon will allow you to reach areas that you could not get to as a human. Overall, though, there should be a fair bit of freedom in the game world, AFAIK.
Nothing has been mentioned about guilds or factions.
There will be places and situations where it will be better to be in human form. I would expect the game to be balanced so that the 2 forms are equally useful, but they would not need to be equally strong.
There will be different environments (swamp, mountains and forests have been shown in screenshots). Other than the small town shown in the video, I'd assume there would have to be several other towns or cities.
I don't know if they are aiming for a certain playtime, or if they are just going to add all the quests, balance everything, and see what they come out with. I'd expect something comparable to DD, though (which was 50 to 100 hours, depending on whether you just followed the main plot or did all the side quests). With ED having a much higher replay value due than DD (moral dilemmas, branching quest structure, etc) I could see it having a little shorter playtime, as well.
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