The sad thing is that I really wanted to like this game. I was tired of the whole orcs-and-elves fantasy thing, and I really like sci-fi. I thought the backgrounds were beautiful, and the ships looked really cool. But I kept waiting for something to happen. Other than being blown to bits by three other ships when I strayed into the wrong space on a mission (which wasn't exactly what I had in mind) nothing ever did.

I also encountered the same feeling when I realized that the next ship I wanted I'd get skills for a couple of days after my trial expired. While I really appreciate some of the thinking behind skills taking a fixed amount of time - no power leveling here! - it does mean a lot of waiting, whether you're playing or not.

I don't understand about time codes, but it doesn't really matter. It's not the cost that is keeping me away.