I actually thought the f2p of Wildstar was a LOT better than other mmos that have gone this route. Paying for the game didn't seem necessary at all, but the bonuses are just enough to make subscribing worthwhile. Guess it depends on what you come to MMOs for.
As for what vegan asked about, I was able to make my char the first day but couldn't get in to play. The character creation wouldn't finish but when I logged in the next day my char was sitting on the character select screen. I've gotten it to about level 7 but its still far too laggy for me to want to play it. They reset the servers last night and I got about 30 min of lag free gaming time but it still got shitty eventually. I don't plan on playing again until I see people saying the servers are better, not as a boycott of the game, just I don't feel like playing a game where it takes awhile to loot anything, or turn in quests.
I'm kinda laughing to myself about the game right now. I'm not trying to be too harsh on Carbine since all MMO launches are shitty, but I'm not going to ignore the fact its several days later and the game is still pretty much unplayable. There are a lot of people responding to these criticisms by linking to the CMs posts on the official forums where they acknowledge its shitty and they're working on it, like that excuses the fact its shitty at all. You can acknowledge you're working on it all you want, or that you're working 16 hour days, but the fact still remains its still unplayable three days later.