Yep, you missed something. This game is turning out to be another cookie cutter MMO without any compelling reasons to really want to log in.
The tedium of dailies (like many other MMOs) isn't original nor is it fun. Multiple currencies (like most other MMOs) means you have to do them and/or Hardmodes repetitively to get better gear.
Sometimes I want to log in and just be social, but not in this game.
Space on rails is about as boring as it gets. We've had many other MMOs with flight simulator type space combat, but this is definitely a step down from that.
There should be more to a MMO than 1) grind up to level cap, 2) do the same quests over and over again hoping for drops, rinse/repeat.