Pre-ordered the game a month ago and received the disk to download and try the beta. In all honesty I wasn't that impressed and quickly found myself yearning to return to Final Fantasy XI as a result.
In my opinion it's just too much like WoW style-wise. Will probably have a similar audience playing it as well. Did look promising and perhaps if I was closer to end-game levels and events it'd be much different but... meh.
Too many other, potentially better MMOs worth checking out than investing a paid month to this.