I am having major trouble with the camera. It appears that you have to control both the camera AND movement at the same time. I am used to auto-follow cameras (like in WoW). Is there a setting for this in the game?

Basically my problem is with two things:
1) Turning -- It seems that in order to turn him, I must first turn the camera in the direction I want to go. Is there a way to modify the movement control so if I pull left, I dont strafe, but turn left?
2) Combat -- In the heat of battle, the camera is near impossible to focus on and keep a target.

Any advice would be appreciated!

I think you just need some more practice with the controls, it's virtually second nature to me, and the controls are just about as common as they come with these kinds of games.

That sounds odd? Did you go in and change the defult settings, because it sounds like a "non-defult" set up you have running. The movement and camera controls are setup in typical console fashion, the same you would have for most TP/FP adventure games or shooters.