I can't inteligently coment on wow vanilla. I CAN coment inteligently on TBC and WOTLK- On Light Bringer and Sisters of Elune WOTLKs launch averaged 45 minuts server que- ouch. F2P is a nice way of saying 'nickle and dime me please.' If you haven't played a nexon game (there all f2p): limited auction house heavily instanced. lots of the stuff taken as baseline for MMOs you pay real money for. I hope TOR doesn't use that model.