I found that - whilst perhaps a little aimless in my pursuits - I'm having no trouble figuring things out - not taking too many things seriously, yet. The action is purdy much non-stop in this game, thats the best part - you never find yourself having to travel long distances or walking around looking for things to do, there is always something happening, events unfolding. Dullness factor is as close to zero as it's ever gonna get with an MMO, they've got the formula Spot freaking on.
At first you may not quite understand what everthing is or does, where to go, what to do. Just join in with random events and such and you eventually start to make sense of it all.
AND it's gorgeous , stunningly elegant, striking, dazzling and magnificent - best ever MMO GFX I've seen.
It's early days, so I can't comment about the worthiness of the investment, but, no subscriptions for littereally limitless hours of gaming Action and glourous Vistas is a BIG plus in my books, so I honestly don't see a downside (yet).
First night in - love it, bigtime. Take LOTRO and multiply by 87 Gazillion (if you see what i did there), leaps and bounds better and rewarding.
Use it / Don't Use it.