I really love this game. I've been playing on and off since launch, alternating betweent SWTOR, WoW, and EVE Online. Yet, with what they did with Shadow of Revan, methinks I'll be staying a bit longer before going back to WoW or EVE online again.
However, I do have some concerns about the game. For one, even with the server merges, the current population on The Bastion is about the same as it was a year after launch well before the merges.
Is the game really dying? If not, prove it with numbers. I hope Bioware will release a graph soon-ish detailing the number of players on SWTOR. And I don't mean just the inactives. I hope they also provide a breakdown for the percentages of the player base that are either subbed or free-to-play/preferred.
Just my two cents.