I agree with you noVus, I have a long history with SOE like you and I am also concerned. It takes a lot of courage to take on a game based on an evolving storyline rather than an evolving game and I doubt SOE can meet the challange, that is why they are concentrating on the mechanics rather than building up a respectible and effective LET.
Well they may prove us wrong and future updates might bring exciting storylines to us, I hope so. SOE is excellent in other areas such as the development team and they have a lot of experience with support.
One thing ArtherEld is forgetting tho, is that SOE have already spent a lot of resources on cr2.0 so I think most of what we see on the test server will stay with us, and knowing the company's attitude towards their player community ... we WILL have to like it or lump it, afterall it is THEIR game not ours.
Hanz