I understand it is an old game (I'm 34 and still play on my c64 and amiga emulator so thats not a problem) and have been in beta tests for mmo's before and after playing last night this seems more finished than most of them , so again not a problem for me.
Never been a pirate on freelancer, if I can find a mod server thats still active I might give that a go (get my evil side out). I used to play on the BSGmod server, but lately it's pretty dead, it's still installed but each time I go to log on the server is empty .
Overall it took just over 9 hours to patch (I have 50meg broadband)...and that was the same both times. The first time I installed I couldnt log on so uninstalled and repatched. I've backed up the directory as a zip file now just incase I need to reinstall.
And my first char was a JD, I'm going to give each char a try out and find the one I am most comfortable with. I like the stealth side of the Jenquai, but I am tempted by the shear tankness of the Progen so who knows.