In all honestly, i hear about this topic so much on my server as well, and frankly it's getting somewhat upsetting.
My friend left the game after the 2nd week of launch because he said it wasn't as balanced as he had expected. (in terms of market, amount of people on planets etc)
Now, my response to him, and to many other people who complain about this is: the game is NEW! i know this has been mentioned before but seriously, do you guys expect a completely new game to be balanced from start?
When i reached tatooine for the first time it was dead.. like literally nobody was there, i went back 2 weeks after and it was packed.
Then again i am not dumb either, i know the game has a massive amount of glitches, bugs etc but these issues are all and will always be part of MMO games, it will be fixed eventually.
So in conclusion my answer to this thread is, i think the game is an Epic Win, its not perfect, but i am positive that we will see improvements in the near future.
Thank you,