Got into the game on the 3.17 release. Paid $75 USD on a starter ship then spent a little over 2 months playing and GRINDING LIKE HELL to buy bigger/better ships to explore other play styles. Now with 3.17.2 coming down the pipes, the company is saying that there will be a database wipe and ALL IN-GAME MONEY AND ITEMS WILL BE LOST. But if you paid real money for something, oh then that's safe.
No company with over $484 million (
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals) and a project that's over 7 years old (public alpha for Star Citizen started in 2015) should have this many bugs, charge this much to enter, or conduct COMPLETE DATABASE WIPES. Save your time and money and look elsewhere. I'm not even sure this game will be worth it even when it reaches production release.