I agree. Not the mention the amateur design direction
Ilum is broken, and even if they fix it most 50s are in full pvp gear because of it
The planets don't encourage exploration (And before you mention it, holocrons don't interest me)
The instances are uninspired. Bioware talked all kinds of trash about OMG WERE ADDING GROUP DIALOG, turns out half the instances are WoWclone dungeon crawlers with no dialog
No reason to leave the space station at 50
No day/night cycles (Seriously, bioware, it's 2012)
No swimming
They didn't even have the foresight to add AA and High res textures.
I honestly don't know what people expected from EA, however. EVERY SINGLE ONE of their MMORPG ventures have been a bust, and from the past month alone, EA stock has dropped from 25 to 18. SWTOR will be another failed WoW killer in the long list of failed WoW killers.
The only advantage SWTOR has over the MMO market is the fact that competition is dry right now. SWTOR is bleeding subs and they haven't even had to COMPETE with anything yet. Ouch