I'm going to give POTBS a chance. It feels like NGE SWG at the moment though lol, like hidden complexity, because i don't find the game complex whatsoever. Also i haven't left the noob island, which would be like staying on tutorial island in EQ2.
I'm just real pissed off that going from island to island and travelling is instanced. I.e. looking at an island from your boat, it's graphically dumbed down and really scalled out of whack.
Saying that, if SWG wasn't one of my first proper mmorpg's, i don't think spending hours killing naffs would have been so appealing. Why instance eveything though, when boarding ships too, it starts an instance chain. FFS, where's the interaction. I'm not holding much hope for AOC either to be honest.