People tell me that there are too many characters to keep track of in "Wheel of Time"...?

Different people like different things. I personally don't like when there are constantly different names being thrown at me while I'm reading. A few extras in passing are fine but I prefer to only have to read the names of the characters who are important... it just annoys me to always have to think ''did I read about this person before?'' etc. That's just me... you obviously don't mind any of that or can read it without pondering the passing characters. Different strokes for different folks ;)