I picked this up a couple days ago and I have to say, love it! Wasted hours upon hours be it mining, building ships etc (especialy building ships lmao). We're playing on a private server lately but we could move to a public server together (or host a Discovery one, that'd be cool). This game has Dynamic Economy, Dynamic Faction Relations it's fascinating how much content it has!
Interaction with NPCs and whatnot, the game is realy immersive. It has Freelancer like mouse control (no turret steering but turret view).