Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Allright now that I'm done laughing, let's be serious shall we? The first week of WoW (7 years ago, I was there!) was a terrible time of incredible lag and server crashes. There were no queues on any server at the time, know why? Because those didn't exist back then. They implemented them shortly after to keep server population reasonable and make them playable. I'd rather have to wait 20-30min than not being able to play. Bioware is opening servers at a decent pace, and I expect more will open soon. Some people will move off, people will get off the first planets and the queues will get better.

Taking Synthweaving means better DPS and overall better gear while levelling. You might ask why, it's simple: while levelling, I make my own armour, take the commendation options from missions and buy better weapons with them. Leaving DK at level 17, I had two 44 lightsabers and Vette had 2 44 blasters.