Personally, I always end up choosing humans or elves, or something that reminds me more of the humans in the RPG's I play, so for me, more important than race is being able to customize the character's appearance, so for me it's okay to have only two races.
Regarding the classes. Yes, that concerns me. I would like to see Pillars of Eternity spells in Avowed, and that does happen in the trailer with some druid and mage spells, but the question is will we get spells from all classes?
Mainly because we are not locked into a certain class choice, how will we get high-level spells from other schools? If it's via talents, I expect talent choices to be meaningful and impactful in gameplay. And if it's via purchases or scroll drops, I hope it's well balanced.
My biggest concern right now is combat. I really LOVE Skyrim, but its combat is so bad and outdated, the only way to make it cool is via mods. I like more complex combat than the old "tank and spank".
What I expect as basics in Avowed's combat:
- Parry system with shield or dual blade;
- Cast and interrupt system;
- Dodge system;
- Combos and melee skills in addition to spam auto-attacks.
Seriously, if they make combat good, innovative and fun, the rest can be fixed with patches and DLC's, in case there is a problem. More important to me is the gameplay and the story.