I've been in the beta for a few days now and I have to say this game has real potential. The look and feel is fantastic, and it wasnt that hard to get into it. It has a dark atmosphere (kinda like Aliens) and should be the holy grail for most Space Junkies (forget Earth & beyond! played that as well!). Although you have to do a fair ammount of mining before you get the big money, it is really fun to upgrade your ship, your skills (you can train your skills offline, that's what I love!) study the market or just be a mean pirate (be warned though, PvP can be quite a pain for the pacifist tradesmen) Yet as of now, it is still quite buggy and, to be honest, I was a bit shocked when I read about the Gold status. I hope that in the next weeks they can squish the remaining issues to an extent that new players will be drawn into the great game that EVE indeed is.
Supporter of the "Chewbacca Defense"