To Sum Up Planetside

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I am thinkin about buying this game

I have several questions regarding the game itself but dont even know where to begins since its suppose to be new technology and all.
So I was hoping some of you PSers who already have played it quite a bit might share with me some of the games pro's and con's in your experience.

A couple questions I would like to know to help get this going are:

1) are the planets continents seamless?
Meaning if a crew of people were heading from one continent to attack another, do they actually travel between the two over water, or do they pick the continent they want to do battle in and then they just spawn there?
I am wondering whether the game is just a bunch of different maps that they linked together to make a "planet" or whether it is actually a massive chunk of map that you roam around in doing battle.

2) spawning... When you die, where do you spawn and how far is it from the battlefield or frontlines?
And if I am a mile from the frontline do I actually have to run there or find a vehicle to drive there in, or can I simply commit suicide of some kind and spawn at the battle?

I am trying to judge the reality aspects of the game basically.

So anyway, can some of you out there share your opinions on the gameplay and some of your favorite parts of it and least favorite parts?

thank you in advance!