It is a lot of grinding, but I liked that about the game. It didn't feel like my levels were just given to me. The graphics are BY FAR the best graphics out there right now in any MMO. There was a lack of end game content (I've been waiting for patch 1.9 for about 4 months) since hitting lvl 50. The pvp could be better, but 1.9 has a lot of fixes for that.
This free server will give me something to do with a new character on a server that doesn't effect your real aion account.