Does this game remind you of City of Heroes/Villains?

I can't put my finger on anything definitive, but TOR feels like a vastly improved CoH/V to me. Pace of combat, enemy difficulty categories, "door missions", and even the art style is reminiscent of that game. It's an unexpected happy turn for me, as CoV was my favorite MMO.

Then I hear Stephen Reid used to work on City of Heroes. I wonder how many others migrated from Cryptic to BW Austin?