SWG was nothing like WOW on release, it was one of the best sandbox MMORPG’s released yet, until stupid dev decisions ruined the entire game. WOW was a theme park and has remained so since day one.

They weren’t Daybreak “years ago” they were SOE. People are commenting on events since SOE became Daybreak. Of which the only thing you said that applies is that they are still supporting EQ and EQ2, of course they are they want to make money off of their investment and it’s easier to support pre-existing games than…