I came from EQLive and a small stint in SWG. I've really enjoyed the game so far. Server crashes and rollbacks in the first two days have really upset me. With my experiences with SOE I'm kind of jaded to expect this kind of service though.
I agree with the rest who've said, if you have reservations on trying the game out. Wait a month, let the populations settle in, let SOE get some patches done. Get their servers up to snuff so they're not cratering in the middle of peek-primetime in the US. Then get you a copy and have fun being a newbie all over.
EDIT: I forgot to give it an 8/10 I'm having fun, just not that much fun
Edited, Thu Nov 11 16:54:08 2004 by Bagoknen