The more possible control schemes the better. Gamepad helps me as a person with arthritis issues in my hands, it puts on less stress than KBM (even though I do prefer playing that way). Considering that is very improtant to making the game playable to as large an audience as possible (and after all, even Diablo on consoles has figured out gamepad)

PVP is hit or miss for me. I prefer PVE generally speaking but have done my hours in nullsec EVE Online and stuff so I get it, somewhat