I've been playing this game for almost 2 years now. I've done some smuggling, trading, a bit of combat, some exploration, a ton of mining (I'm weird, I know).. and I'm still finding ways to love this game!
I can't believe all of the negativity I am reading on this forum though. Complaining about what's wrong with the game, or whining about what we don't have. Reading all those comments of "It would be simple to add X and Y"...
First, what's wrong with the game, they are fixing, or at least trying to. Remember that these guys are a "small" company. They aren't EA or Activision where they have thousands of staff slaving away to bring you your AAA+++ super polished over 9000 games. They are making a serious awesome game without that kind of backing.
Second, about whining for what we don't have. If I remember correctly, the devs of Frontier have a 10 year/season plan for this game. We can't get it all at once!
Third, for the ones saying that it's simple to code X and Y... you try coding an entire universe and then say that it is easy.
Honestly guys, I grew up in the day and age of the original Wing Commander, the X-Wing and Tie Fighter series, and compared to what we had back then, this is a dream!!!
Just enjoy the dream guys! Enjoy the dream!