I agree completely that they should put Dual spec into the game, and I honestly don't know why it isn't yet... people were bringing up the topic months ago while the game was in beta testing, with most of the hardcore gamers voting for dual spec. I also think re-specing should be cheaper and more cost efficient, optimizing a class for any role will be a pain in the *** with extremely expensive re-specs especially with no damage/healing meters out yet.
Now I know the game is literally brand spanking new, so I don't have any complaints. I'm not sure if bioware will green light addons, but I can't see why they wouldn't, especially after how much money they poured into the game. I'm just of the opinion that fans alone cannot keep the game afloat against the competition if hardcore gamers and more casual players aren't tended to, and addons appeal to both groups.
I also don't see why any of these issues have such a huge following of people who absolutely loath the ideas. Don't want addons? Don't install them. Don't want to deal with damage/healing meters? Don't get into harder end game content where things like that help immensely in the competitive world. Stick to your RP servers and be happy that you have a game so wonderful to RP and be immersed in. Just don't despise the fact that this is a game, and there are gamers out there who want to play the game for the game and not for Star Wars; sorry. <3 (And responding with anything about how the non-star wars fans/purely gamers can go jump off a bridge and play a different game is insanely childish. That would destroy this game's player base and bioware would lose more money than they put into the game.)
If you don't agree with re-spec/dual spec/whatever spec then don't do it. Pretend it doesn't exist, they don't even have to change dialog for it to be included in the game. Just give the option to people who want it, and those of you who loath it can live on pretending it doesn't exist or simply choosing not to use it. Just because you hate Chinese food doesn't mean you have to forbid the Chinese from living in the states, it just means you don't eat Chinese food. Same thing with every other addon out there.
Same thing goes for every other addon/addition to the game out there you don't like. As well as LFG/LFR (which I would like in the game, by the way). I don't think LFG/LFR destroyed that game that shall not be named, I just think the community got larger and thus... according to logic/mathematics... the ratio of asses to decent people simply got bigger. There were more asses because there were literally more jerks that joined the game because a ton more people joined the game, including a LARGE handful of idiots that would turn even the nicest person sour. (After explaining the same thing to a few tens of people who all can't STAY OUT OF THE FIRE you eventually just get sick of explaining it.)
In short, I am a huge believer in playing any game the way you want to play it; especially if you're paying $15 a month for it. I am also an even larger supporter of letting everyone else play the game they want to. If you don't want addons, don't use them. If you don't want dual spec, don't use it. If you don't want to respec, don't do it.
The only ones being forced to do anything here are the people who want to respec for a reasonable fee and can't (I've been told that it stacks infinitely to re-spec, which is ludicrous, but I haven't confirmed it in-game myself), people who want to dual spec and can't (people who want to be the most efficient tank, dps, healer, pvp-er, pve-er whatever), and people who want addons like meters and can't. Giving those people those things doesn't force anyone who doesn't want them to use them. Thus, it's a win win.
Note: I'm not entirely sure if we don't have addons yet because the game is just new (understandable and a huge duh) or if bioware simply hasn't allowed them yet. I don't know, so I'm just throwing it in there.