SWTOR had the best MMO release in the history of MMO.
Some of you have short memories or you didn't play WoW on release.
I quit WoW because I was pretty bored of the gear-grind every four-six months. It was as pointless as pushing a rock up a hill only to have it roll back over me and then I'd push it up the hill again. At least with SWTOR whenever they release a new expansion, it will have new stories. How many of you read the quests in WoW? Not me.
In SWTOR I'm taking my time leveling just because it's so rich compared to how WoW is. Plus Pandas? Come on. LOL