The game is obviously not meant to be a full experience for free to play. It's more of a trial than a free to play game. You won't experience much of the game by playing it free to play, and reviewing it based off of that is just sad in my opinion. …
I certainly understand your pain. I see it all the time as I flit about looking for something interesting to test with my time. I think that Dominus had the right idea in the beginning, offering the beta up to everybody and then after that small ini…
I started playing Earthrise on release day, and bailed on it when they started charging after about three months. I came back recently for a free retrial of two weeks. I must say I experienced most of the same problems you did. The big thing you mis…