TBH, the grind was horrible, but the grind in NC is horrible too.
The concept was great, the graphics were great, the engine was great, it was let down by the instancing, missions, lack of ability to compete with anyone more than a few levels difference and the publisher.

Hell i think ive gotten one kill in NC with the average 300 ping i have, i used to slaughter people in BP with 200 ping, netcode was very nice.