It's more off-putting than anything. My experience with MMORPGs, extensive though it may be, starts in a post-World of Warcraft universe, so I suppose I take FPS-style WASD movement for granted. Truthfully though, after a few more hours with the game it has started to become a bit more transparent. There's a trick to making the pathing work for you and not against you, it just takes a bit of figuring to get to that point.