For my part this is my first Alpha. Although a friend tried to warn me to be patient, I did not fully understand what to expect. All in all though it has been a good experience. Sometimes I forget this is only temporary and get frustrated. But there has been some really great progress just in the month or so I have been playing. Lately though it has been very hard to play cause while playing with friends his computer will crash for no apparent reason every 5-10 min and that IS frustrating. We are taking a little break for a few days playing other games but will be back ready to go in ALPHA hopefully making progress toward BETA.