I've tidied this thread up a bit.
Well, a lot.
For UO, there are two main communities; UO Stratics and
UOForums.
Some people like one, some people like the other, but as a result there's a whole lot of unnecessary rivalry between the users of the two.
For SWTOR, I wouldn't say it's exactly "fallen apart".
Post-launch will always have much greater participation than post-post-launch.
However, it is running afoul of being the new kid in a developed genre, and having an enhanced focus on the levelling story.
People will compare it to games that have years of post-launch development to cater to their core players, whereas SWTOR is more-or-less still straight out of the box.
For many people, "endgame" is where the game starts, but BioWare have emphasised the levelling process as a game with the dialogue and decision trees, and millions and millions of $s of voice acting.
I have a suspicion I won't be able to avoid playing GW2, either, when it's released.