Well that was a nice informative read, although I've never felt a need to play STO.
What it did bring back was what the LotRO game used to be with it's original content, "Shadows of Angmar" and what they have gone to now with "Enedwaith." One was a brutal world of grouping up or die and the other a solo walk for the experience or put more simply, one was for Rings lovers and the other for the masses of casual MMO players. (Oh that LotRO had kept going it's first type design!)