I think the NW MMO is a very poor attempt to adapt 4e to a video game, I mean how do you screw up the one edition that was specifically designed for MMOs?

Ironically the only MMO I play or have an interest in is Star Trek online. It can be grindy, but only if you are obsessive about collecting stuff. You can just buy a great C-Store ship or ship packs and just play episdoes and missions, with zero grind. If you don't
have your heart set on a particular ship, I suggest either the Cardassian Intel Ship pack (one of my personal favourites) or the 31st century pack, because both packs ships can be used by Characters of any faction, are really fun, and have lots of features. Best value for money.