When you start the game, you're an average person with no predetermined skills or profession. Your race may provide bonuses toward a skill or profession, but you choose your own path throughout your character's lifetime.

I would imagine that you'll start off with no professions and go to a major city to learn them like WoW .

The profession system in Phoenix is not like World of Warcraft's. However, the basic. While it will be required to visit an NPC to start your path on learning a profession, the NPC trainer won't be the only way to advance your skills and abilities. Largely, the player will be able to hone their own skills.

so it would be like do something which rewards you with skill points in that thing allowing greater specialization and more abilites.. think eve-online for that example

Phoenix is a skill-based game very similar to Eve Online, but you earn skill based on successful use of your current abilities vs. learning skill at a set rate over time. This will allow players to build up the skills and learn new abilities in the areas they enjoy playing.