Fucking hell, guys

I've been watching The Old Republic with a careful eye. I remember from a young age spending nights over a friend's house to watch my Remastered VHS Collection and stay up all night. I remember saving my dollars and cents from school lunch to purchase a Darth Vader toy from CVS one night. I remember being so surprised to find it, and knowing that all of my sacrifice had been worth it for that moment, to own that red lightsaber with my Lord of the Sith action figure.

I love Star Wars.

I do not love what I've heard about The Old Republic. Glitched and bugged delay on top of a GCD? That doesn't bode well. Terrible PVP? Unfortunate. Raid (singular on launch) completed before Early Access was over? Ugh.

This has been abundant on the forums, and my chosen internet channels. These things come up again and again, and despite them I wonder "How is it /really/?" I want to check it out but I'll be damned if I shell out 60 dollars to play a cut-down version of KOTOR 3. Completely-voiced leveling process? That's nice, but what happens when the quests are done? Asking me (and telling me) to level an alt to get the total story is offensive; There is no need to charge a monthly fee to play a single-player-except-for-a-few-quests story.

The worst part I've seen, though, is the Defense Force assembled online. Anyone who says anything negative about TOR is told to go back to WoW. Anyone who thinks things should be different (like class balance, or functional pvp, or a working Auction House) is told that Warcraft didn't have those things at launch, why should TOR?

I hate every single person who relies on that defense. Warcraft has set the bar. There is a limit on entry. Trying to compete in a crowded MMO market without basic conveniences is folly. The die-hards refuse to see this, claiming that since WoW didn't have things at launch, TOR shouldn't be expected to. This is retarded.

I am interested in the game but I think I hate the fan base. I hate Dark Heal. I hate WOW HAD A 7 YEAR HEADSTART. I hate wasting 150+million dollars and looking worse than a grindy Korean MMO.

But I remember saving to buy Darth Vader. I remember looking through racks of blister packs to find one. I love Star Wars. I hate people.

Dilemma.