I have yet to experience a server crash, extreme loot lag, or any of the other myriad of issues that plagued WoW at launch.
A Star Wars game doesn't have live mounts? ONOES. Who cares. I love my speeder. Besides, what the hell would we ride? Parading around Correlia on a Dewback would look ridiculous.
And?
I just pressed my x key, and sat down.
I have used that command at most, 10 times in my entire seven years playing WoW.
Not until Cataclysm, unless you're talking about the wolves who would randomly attack mobs. But those aren't critters.
You know those mission and gathering professions? Those are like your "secondary" professions, while your main one is crafting.