other than the fact that i suck at the flying part, and have crashed too many times at the stations to ever make a profit .
I have only enjoyed Elite so far. The flying i can learn, and well if you stay away from the more populated systems you'll likely hardly see a soul..
5 days straight, not seen anyone, i'm starting to get lonely.
lol...So which is it? Do you want to run into people or not? Seriously though, if you want to make money, hook up with like minded players and do group play...The online SP is nice if you don't want to be harassed by the PvP'ers who simply want to haze weaker players rather than testing themselves against seasoned oponents...
On another note, not having an offline feature does limit the scope of this game. Been with ED since it was in Beta, and I gotta say, being able to play offline didn't hurt at all, in fact, it aloud me to play when the internet was down and it did still effect the universe once a connection was made. But, with the change to onine only, it does mean a smoother dynamic universe. You just need a stable IP AND hope the servers are up when you want to play.