It took me about 2 hours to download the whole 35 GB. Not bad. Is that mSata drive an SSD or is mSata something different? My SSD only has about 75 GB left on it. I was considering putting some of these MMOs on my 750 GB HD but I figured they would run faster on the SSD.
Anywho...been playing for the past hour. The game definitely is gorgeous. Graphics look beautiful, art style is impressive. However, I can't seem to find a "Sync to Refresh Rate" feature, so it's not as smooth as it could be. Still, it runs pretty well and I think I'm getting 60+ FPS on maxed out settings.
Quests seem to be standard MMO fare, but they are written well. Combat is definitely fun. It seems to be a well polished game thus far. I can see myself spending some time with it just to experience the beauty of the game world.
I don't see any excessive grind, but then again I'm not very far into the game. So far it's been your standard "kill this many monsters" type stuff, but again, it's very early so I'm sure there will be some more variety as I go.
Going back to play some more now.