Really tempted to buy the alpha, have a few questions

So, Archage has been one of my watching from afar games for a while, I have kept an eye on it without getting overly into it (due to the confusion over western launch etc).

Now that the founders packs are here I am getting tempted, normally I avoid founders packs for games that are going to be free simply because with a free to play game I normally prefer to see if I enjoy the game before handing over my cash, although once I do I tend to spend a fair bit.

So heres the thing, I normally give my self about a 100 Euros for games each month buying it wont break the bank thats for sure but at the same time its a significant enough outlay for one game to give me pause.   Basically if I buy it, thats my gaming purchases done for the month.

So I have some questions.

1, How far along is localisation, quests, tutorials and such fully translated is the minimum I would expect, is this now a case of them tweaking balance and systems to suit the audience?

2, Credits, the game advertises credits in the same name as in Rift, I have a large number of Credits sat in my Rift account are these applied to Archage or are the Credits there considered a different currency like with Defiance? (I assume the cash shop isnt in yet, but does the balance show up?)

3, How pervasive is PvP.  I come from the camp that wants a PVE oriented sandbox with optional PVP, I know that during siege time the two "leveling" contents have areas where PvP is on and during peace time its off and that the north is always on pvp but how much does it pervade into day to day game play? (This is the big question for me, I am not against PVP I just find that full pvp sandboxes tend to turn into the griefers paradise due to the fact most of them have 0 real consequence for griefing actions, and only seem to actually enforce consequence on players that are not griefing).

 I know that sounds a little carebareish and well to that I say "so what?".   What I am looking for is a world to explore secrets to find a deep and meaningful crafting system and the freedom to set my own goals, I don't want to have to watch out for red flag players constantly, well unless I choose to engage in that.

3.1, If I avoid the "Siege times" how much am I going to be hindering my self?

4, Following on from the above, I understand there are world bosses to kill, but beyond those and the north continent sieges what is the gameplay at "end game" like?

5, Is it plausible to have a small guild city with the housing system? not a castle but a collection of houses in a close locale?

6, What sort of support for guild functionality exists?  Chat? Bank? resource sharing? 

7, How easy is it to get lost?  I want a game where I can set out wandering, see something in the distance and just think "Thats cool I want to go see that" So does it have that element?

Thank you very much for your time, your answers will help me decide if my Euros go here or elsewhere.