Cheers for the response.
Ive always just been an out and our healer, never really been good at the tanking/fighting side of PvP lol, so im either happy with a shield & mace/sword or 2h sword/mace if any of them are possible.
Its possible, but you might get into issues with magicka regen without the healing staff. Heavy Attacks with the healing staff give you 10% IIRC magicka back.
But play around with the http://esohead.com/calculator/skills and see if you can get a 1h and shield spec to work. There is no reason why not, you just need to be imaginative with your skills.
Is there any reason to just get the Imperial edition even if I don't actually know/I haven't decided which faction I'm going to play?
Personally the only reason to get the Imp Edition is for the cheap mount. But if the Imp race appeals to you, then go for it.
Remember though, you can buy a horse from your account by upgrading your account.
Is there any news on what time(GMT) early access will start on Sunday?
As far as we know its still 12pm Sunday. But a couple of things to remember, the ESO beta's always started early and with the clocks going back (Right?) that might mean if we are lucky it might start around 10am. But since the servers are in America, i would imagine they'll stick to the same time as was posted.