I got on after about 1.5 hours, and then was on instantly after the servers came up around 12:50pm PST. 2 of my clients froze, so I shut them down via Right-Clicking Taskbar - Close, then logged back in immediately and didn't have to wait in line.

I got lucky, but I'm sorry things aren't going as well for others during this headstart.

First impressions do matter, but as a Launch, it's pretty typical.

Trion has been smart in waiting to add more servers. They had 20 at launch, but added at least 8 more during the day. Good on them for not making the same mistake as WAR, launching with all servers and then merging them later on, as they didn't let them fill out properly, causing faction imbalances.