The NGE cannot be compared to this patch as the NGE completely changed SWG at its core, everything. From removing 32 classes from the game, to making the Jedi population larger than imperial stormtroopers in a time where they were supposed to be almost extinct with a long list of other "features." The community itself did not find out until a week before it went live from one of their customer service reps who leaked the info on the forums due to her disagreement with the way the whole thing was being handled (she was fired for this). I remember everything clearly and to even compare the NGE to this game is nothing but hyperbolic nonsense.

^ No. The Vong originated outside of the galaxy and Zonama Sekot was a seed of their original planet that was destroyed.

That is terrible; it looks like Cell from Dragon Ball Z.

I agree, Ilum is absolutely terrible. It is a zerg fest, consisting of one faction riding around looking for armaments. We get the odd night where it is actually faction balanced where some decent battles take place, but the lag is so terrible most people just quit. The zone itself feels absolutely dead, and way too large for its current purpose. Why are there no npcs? Why don't the walkers do anything? Why doesn't taking a base mean anything? The zone is not fun, and just sucks the life out of players.

If I was not able to skip the dialog, I would have quit a long time ago.