In skyrim the capital cities are kinda empty. Go into a tavern you just see a couple npc. Will the cities be bustling and teeming with life?

They will be pretty full, I'm sure. But the one thing that will make cities feel more alive is not the NPCs in them, but the players themselves. So since they are using this megaserver technology you should be seeing a ton of players in the cities making them seem more alive.

Hmm

So do you think or have they said if the cities will be instanced into differant channels like the other zones or just one instance of each city? Could see it working either way unless the city gets to busy it might slow down performance to much.

I have a feeling that the cities will be instanced to that specific channel. I don't think they will go with just one instance of a city.

Cities, should be bustling with the amount of players and megaservers, I just hope the cities that aren't capitals are quite full as well.