I , for one, am furious that so much time was spent on a gripping story and voice acting that they didn't bother to take a space minigame off the rails! I cannot believe they spent so much time making the worlds impressive in scope and true to the SW universe that they didn't build a new graphics engine capable of running on Intel 810e graphics! I mean, the nerve! Don't they understand that I'm racing as fast to 50 as I can so I can complain about the lack of content? Don't they understand that PVP should be perfect so I can WTFPWN n00bs and spit on their corpses?
Hopefully by now you've read the sarcasm in my voice. I can honestly say this: since beta, I have not had one crash to my desktop. I have not experienced lag or connectivity issues. I have not had problems with my FPS or with loading times. Granted, I "splurged" for a GTX 550Ti and a mid-range SSD, but those are pretty much mandatory upgrades for a game this big.
Am I frustrated about nodes that can't be farmed? Of course. Does it grate me that there is no "slot" filter when searching the AH? You bet. Do I miss a guild bank? Absolutely. Do I wish the UI could be adjusted and scaled? Hoo boy! But those don't make the game "unplayable" and I have confidence they will be fixed - and it indeed looks that several will in the next content push.
For me, the highlights of the game have been the story and the immersion into the SW universe, and my highest character is only at 35. I've enjoyed playing the other classes too much to race to 50, and I can honestly say that I'm enjoying the poodoo out of the game so far - more than any MMO by far. BW focused on the story first and it shows. I'm willing to let the polish slide for now.
Cheers,
Anti
Former WoW player since vanilla launch