This game pretty much has classic MH gameplay. However, I'm still very curious about how fast you can traverse around an entire map when using shortcuts and the rope. If MHWorld is truly like prior MH games then it should be the kind of experience that can last hundreds of hours and, after putting that amount of time into a MH game you just want to get to the monster ASAP and fight it with little downtime as possible. I'm optimistic though, as features like being able fast travel back to base camp and faster run speed should, in theory, help with getting around quickly in these new seamless environments.
Other than that, I want to know whether or not this game has Arena Quests and, as someone cares about the skill ceiling of MH, if they've kept the same amount of i-frames for the the regular dodge roll and side/back step evades.
There are multiple camps within a single map and you can fast travel between them. Looked like waypoints to me.