QFT.
People compare this game's launch to WoW's launch.
Then people say that you can't make such comparisons because SWTOR is competing with the WoW of now, not the WoW of the past.
Well, duh. But the thing is, that isn't even the point.
Back when WoW came out, there were plenty of well-established MMOs that WoW also had to compete with. It didn't seem to cause it any significant problems even though Everquest was way less buggy and had a ton more content than WoW did in November 2004.
And as the OP pointed out, WoW had a much rockier launch period than SWTOR did.