It's pretty but I hate it already... no linear throttle and there's no control over the yaw/pitch/roll rate.

FFS - what were they thinking?!

I haven't even started yet, I probably will tomorrow. Any good newbie tips going?

Tip: Play 'Solo' (NPCs) first to get used to the mechanics then go to 'Open' (PVP). 

I found some 'Ancient Artifacts' drifting in space, nabbed them and sold them off to the tune of 12,000cr or something.   Then I look and see I've been fined 20,000cr for illegal goods.

WTF? What's the point of cargo drifting in space if you can't sell it?

while you can sell illegal goods at places that have blackmarkets, you may still get cargo scanned & fined/bountied.

Wow do I feel like a n00b. I did all the training and so far so good (takes a while to get used to flying using the mouse but I feel competent enough).

A few things I've noticed, when going into superspeed to travel to places, pressing J, it seems to be awkward to time when to slow down and drop back out. I ended up very far away from the station and it seems like the only way to get there is to spend five mins at full throttle. Is there a quicker way to get there or am I just dropping out too early?

Second is actually filling up my cargo hold - I can't figure out how to. When I go into starport services I get a bulletin board, but no market/trade board to load up on goods. How do I buy stuff to trade in other systems?


Edit: Okay, so it looks like not every starport offers a commodities market, hence my confusion. Back in I go... 

I've been discovering/analysing systems - not realising that I'm actually the first in the game to do so. Thought it was an 'immersion' thing but, no; it's genuine.

Have a fully-fitted Viper but still struggling with Anacondas.  All good fun though.

Really surprised there's hardly any griefing going on - which I fully expected from my EVE experiences.

It's all a bit repetitive and the dogfighting grind is really the only way to make fast cash at the moment but 8/10 from me so far.