That was my entire point. Blizzard kept upgrading their servers. Hell they even sold one of them to the highest bidder. Right now 14 is about where WoW was mid to end of Lich King xpac. This isn't counting 14's 1.0 phase. Lich King is when Blizzard starting making huge leaps in their server tech and quality. Live patches to the server and clients without having to take them down. Live activation of xpacs without having to take the servers offline as well.

I think SE should really invest in server updates even if it means bringing a few more people on board to help out. Having as little down time and being able to live patch servers and clients means very happy players. If the player base is growing like they claim then this is an area they really need to focus on. People coming over from WoW feel like they are going back in time when it comes to these features...