As an old veteran, having made several toons, based on complete different paths this NGE is devastating. WHy?
My crafter toon, Master Artisan, Master Droid Engineer, Master Merchant, Force Sensitive Crafter got a kick in the nuts, if she had them. Decay removed (so all my stock of repairkits made worthless), loot is becoming better (it's said that crafted items might become almost as good as loot!), so the whole player driven economy is coming to an end.
The Entertainer toon finds herself in empty cantina's. With the new interface it's hard to actually entertain. Where you could do a flourish with one keypress, you now have to press a key, make sure you are focussed on some instrument (or you stop playing) and then press the righ mouse button.
Last, but not least, my only real combat toon, Jedi based, has been rendered useless. It's the most weakened profession in the whole system (of combat classes, only the non-combat classes trader/entertainer are worse).
Combine this with color issues, no high quest levels if you don't buy the ToOW expansion and for the people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome who CANNOT PLAY AN FPS... LET THIS GAME BE.
It's not an MMORPG, it's an MMOFPS...
The only good things are the nice implementation of soundtracks, some voice overs and the more Starwars looking interface. Just too bad it cannot be played when you have certain disabilities.