I agree with some of your critiques. But I'm a much different gamer. I play a lot, but I don't consider myself hardcore. Even if I've done a flash point a dozen times, I still don't skip the dialogue. I really also don't understand why all the "WoW Flair" (e.g. guild perks, etc) that were developed 5 years into WoW are now mandatory. I know, you want to copy what works. But really, those are non-essentials. I don't want WoW in space. I'm content with getting the voice over and story (the core of the game in my opinion) up front, and have the flair added later. If they don't add it with in a year, granted, I'll be surprised. The biggest test will be how frequently and how soon updates roll out. I'm not talking new content, I'm talking combat log, addon support, whatever. In my opinion, the game got rushed a month or two for the holiday. Understandable. I also understand what I'm buying isn't the end product. tl;dr I don't want WoW in space; ultimate verdict on TOR will depend on how frequently patches/updates are released to finish polishing it.