For a feature that has so much potential, space combat, they seem to have implemented it in the least desirable way. Instanced, player limited, PvP. SWToRs strong suit has always been PvE and story, not seeing how this is going to do much unless they surprise everyone and expand it. I mean hell if they were going to do PvP you would think non instanced zone and objective based PvP with some level of persistence would have been more interesting.

Also why sub? The game doesn't give the carrot to subscribers, they give the stick to non subscribers and then tell the subscribers "you don't want the stick do you, then pay up". The way they have implemented their ***** the player F2P system makes me want to give them as little as possible. So personally I would recommend, make a small purchase to get preferred status, level a character to max buying the most important feature unlocks(to you) from the galactic network(AH) as you level. Spend a few days doing dailies at max and unlock the rest of the stuff you want. If you plan on leveling alts save up for the account unlocks and don't waste your money on character unlocks. It doesn't take too long to unlock action bars, inventory slots, cargo bay. When you have all the unlocks you want, just buy passes from the galactic network for the content you want to do each week. It is a bit of a pain the ***, but for a company that treats their players so poorly, it is better than giving them money.