Highly pay to win once you get out of the "try it out" phase. Resource costs skyrocket beyond what daily mining vessels bring in Gameplay itself if not for the casual player. The pve misson aspect grind is entertaining to check in and play with for a bit. Unfortunately the mid to late game is drive by PvP base raiding to steal resources. Very high level players can take everything from someone so below their power level they can't resist. Unless they log in every 8 hours to "shield".