Unless the game completely flops in the next year or so then most of the hate, apprehension and hostility will probably fade away. As it is with most MMOs P.S. it won't

New MMOs tend to get a lot of hate centered on them because 1-People don't like change 2-MMOs take friends away from their old favourites SWTOR has a lot of issues but I have seen none of those discussed. all I've seen is people complaining about minor issues such as balance.

There's no reason not to have arena. People would play arena just for a competitive ladder, there wouldn't need to be rewards. Balance is entirely possible in arena as long as you're willing to make certain abilities do different things in different situations, which BioWare is. You're all just naysayers Also, if you actually read the interview you'd know that the developer didn't actually say Arena was a mistake. WoW insider just likes to take things and run with them. he said he regretted the way arena was implemented which is a HUGE difference.

TOR isn't failing. You're barking mad

2004 WoW was buggy as hell. Some people be crazy.

I played bgs against level 40s or so as a level 16, and I actually did pretty decently. I wasn't good, probably even pretty bad, but I didn't die instantly- I held my own, and through smart taking of objective and such I was able to contribute in a significant way. People just qq too much.

Fix bugs, then balance. Don't do both at the same time as it leads to disaster. Patience, Padawan.

Speaking as someone who played WoW in Vanilla the balance this game has is very impressive. It'll even out over time, all MMOs do. Besides, if people are quitting, where are they going?