Game was very good in 2008 to 2010 when I initially started but the developers have slowly made the game worse to the point where it will with the next patch be horrible for any single or small group of players. Unless you have 100+ people wanting to actively all PVP this game will be rubbish.
The PVE Missions are still from 2003 and has never been looked at so feel so old and out of date now.
Mining and Manufacturing have in the last year been ripped apart to try and balance the game out but by doing this has really hurt the single to small groups just wanting to have fun.
PVP is a massive blob fest where any group of 10 or less gets swarmed by 300+ and this is seen as normal.
Honestly, the game is very beautiful and the developers have made great UI and graphic updates but do not let that fool you. Under all the beauty there is a rotten core to the game and the developer is not interested in fixing it.