'cause you gotta make sure there are enough complaints in a post about SAO!

You kind of answered your other complaint, though. It is a fairly standard MMORPG, so MMORPG combat isn't surprising.
Kirito did kind of cheese the boss with Skill Connect, too (which was super awesome), since there is some delay on monsters when they're hit by sword skills. This gives his allies enough time to recover all of their abilities and launch them again.

I feel sad that you can't even enjoy an episode where all of the characters use their cool moves.

Sinon trying to pull some Legolas-type stuff, haha.