I think that Bioware has done a great job of this game. It is engaging and fun to play, there is always something to do and I never run out of quests to fill my gaming time. As someone who has just finished Chapter 1, I found the story lines of main and single quests to be enjoyable enough not to spacebar through them. Having said that, I can tell you that after the 50th quest in WoW, all I was doing was clicking to get the thing into my log and the same with other games. What Bioware did is a vast improvement.
What people seem to conveniently forget about WoW is the days of downtime at the beginning with little or no compensation. You want to talk bugs, remember the mail bug or being stuck on a taxi? How about falling through the center of the world entering dungeons or being shut out of dungeons altogether? Every game has launch bugs. Just because people forget this crap doesn't mean it didn't go on.
SWTOR has a lot going for it. Grow up and have some patience.