I tend to agree with most of the OP statements. I played WoW for many years and really it was hard at the end to imagine how we were doing five years ago without all the extra features.
I am really enthusiastic about this games being a huge fan of KOTOR 1 and 2. However they are some point that may turn into a deal breaker for me.
First of all, i really don''t like the loading time. My computer is not up to date but still i found them extremely long. Then, i think that having several instance for the same zone is completely strange. When you group with someone, changing instance takes ages. Finally, queuing to enter the server.... I know many people complained about it already, but for me this is really the deal breaker.
On a side not i really don t like the fact that my female character are "lords" and not 'Ladies" But i guess it save half the audio
I also agree the UI is a bit of. Looking for modding
Hoping the release will go smoothly and that they will solve the queuing problem without asking me to create new toons on another server.
Enjoy!