Fun and interesting game. If you don't understand every aspect before playing, you will end up losing quite a bit of items, PED, or even real $ invested.
This game is as serious as the real world. Everything costs PED and when you start, you have literally nothing. The ratio is $1 USD = 10 PED. You start by walking through the beginner land with a pistol, some ammo they give, a mining tool, a couple probes, and finally a vehicle. Once done, you are thrown to calypso planet to begin your life doing whatever you want.
The game teaches you the basics of hunting, mining, and riding in a vehicle but you will easily become confused on commands. There is a complete chat system, skill system, various beginner quests, and the entire worlds economics to learn before taking off and just jumping into the game. Quickly, you learn that skills are everything and without them, the best weapons or equipment mean nothing. Your equipment will decay and I have found myself running around naked the entire time.
You will lose money initially if you don't do your research into this game. Been very fortunate to have the people around me that I do. They taught me enough to be profitable by playing.