I started playing SWG cause a friend was playing it. I met Legion and made new friends, and kept playing. Legion more or less left the game and that was it for me. Despite the bugs and poor class balance, I stuck around for more than a year ,and to be honest, if Legion had stayed more active in SWG i'd still be playing it :)
Bottom line; it's all about the people you play with, not the game in my opinion
Miss you anteater! <3