I've only put in about 10 hours of this but man is this game fun. It's pretty easy to get into and so far most of the community that I've run into has been pretty helpful. The game is definitely early access though, as there are a few issues I have with it.

- There's no really good tutorial yet. There's a video tutorial but that's pretty much it.
- Server browsing is pretty much glorified matchmaking. The servers from what I can tell are auto-generated to accomodate players. This makes it really hard to play with friends. Speaking of that.
- Team balance is completely in the hands of the players. If you and your friend join a server together, it's likely the start of the match will place you on opposite teams to balance. The only way to play together is to "request a team switch". You push a button and it notifies the server that you want to switch teams. If someone on the other team also pushes that button, then you will switch. Otherwise you are stuck on the team assigned to you.
- Some of the ships currently are pretty OP, especially against newer players who don't know what these other ships are capable of. The game has a pretty fluid system of counters and synergies that most people do not yet understand. In all honestly I have yet to run into a ship I thought that there was no way to destroy them, but there are a couple where I know it's next to impossible to deal with them if my team doesn't know what to do.
- The current win objective is zerg-rush friendly. Basically you capture points until you are allowed to warp to their base. Once you do you can start capping their base. There's no way to "uncap" any progress they make. This means a team that just constantly zergs your home base can win even if they all have a KD of 0/5.
- There's no in game friends list that I am aware of. So if you meet players in game who you want to be friends with, there's no way to do so. The game also doesn't support the steam friends feature where you can search for recently played players.
- After each match you are moved back to the home screen, meaning you are booted from the server you were in. No chance of rematch against players you played or just even a chance to play with the same people.

Even though that seems like a big list of negatives, each one only detracts from the experience (for me) in a minor way. I'm also giving them the benefit of the doubt in that it is early access. Most of the things I listed are things that could easily be fixed, so we'll just have to see. In the end though the game is super fun and I played for a few hours in a row right off the bat after getting it because it was just so addicting. In the end I would recommend you get it simply because it is really fun, but if you're looking to get it to play with friends you might want to hold off until they address that issue, or at least make a statement saying they will address it.

I've only put in about 10 hours of this but man is this game fun. It's pretty easy to get into and so far most of the community that I've run into has been pretty helpful. The game is definitely early access though, as there are a few issues I have with it. - There's no really good tutorial yet. There's a video tutorial but that's pretty much it. - Server browsing is pretty much glorified matchmaking. The servers from what I can tell are auto-generated to accomodate players. This makes it really hard to play with friends. Speaking of that. - Team balance is completely in the hands of the players. If you and your friend join a server together, it's likely the start of the match will place you on opposite teams to balance. The only way to play together is to "request a team switch". You push a button and it notifies the server that you want to switch teams. If someone on the other team also pushes that button, then you will switch. Otherwise you are stuck on the team assigned to you. - Some of the ships currently are pretty OP, especially against newer players who don't know what these other ships are capable of. The game has a pretty fluid system of counters and synergies that most people do not yet understand. In all honestly I have yet to run into a ship I thought that there was no way to destroy them, but there are a couple where I know it's next to impossible to deal with them if my team doesn't know what to do. - The current win objective is zerg-rush friendly. Basically you capture points until you are allowed to warp to their base. Once you do you can start capping their base. There's no way to "uncap" any progress they make. This means a team that just constantly zergs your home base can win even if they all have a KD of 0/5. - There's no in game friends list that I am aware of. So if you meet players in game who you want to be friends with, there's no way to do so. The game also doesn't support the steam friends feature where you can search for recently played players. - After each match you are moved back to the home screen, meaning you are booted from the server you were in. No chance of rematch against players you played or just even a chance to play with the same people. Even though that seems like a big list of negatives, each one only detracts from the experience (for me) in a minor way. I'm also giving them the benefit of the doubt in that it is early access. Most of the things I listed are things that could easily be fixed, so we'll just have to see. In the end though the game is super fun and I played for a few hours in a row right off the bat after getting it because it was just so addicting. In the end I would recommend you get it simply because it is really fun, but if you're looking to get it to play with friends you might want to hold off until they address that issue, or at least make a statement saying they will address it.