Re: Jumpgate
You can - and will in the final release - be able to play in Solo Mode.
That means that you don't HAVE to play 'multiplayer' with idiots abounding, you can play in a world just with NPC ships.
One of the problems the griefers have had is that they turn up at a space station and bully people and then everyone just jumps in to the system in Open Play, logs out, logs back in in Solo Mode and flies in to the space station and the griefers never see them. It's a neat solution that overcomes that whole Goon bullying thing.
I bought in to the 2nd round Beta for £50, which is about the price you pay for a game these days. I'd hardly describe it as 'exorbitant'.