The best feature of this game is that if you have a max level character you can team up with a level 1, delevel yourself and do missions with them as if you were level 1. No other MMO has this feature except other Cryptic MMO's, and I think my friend mentioned Final Fantasy. Even if you max out a character you still get to play with your newbie friends and get something out of it. Replaying missions provides leveled rewards like credits, and if you haven't quite reached max level yet you get skill points (xp) as well.
My advice is to just jump in with a friend, team up, and run through the missions one by one in order. If you enjoy it, toss a little money Cryptic's way to let them know they did a good job and move on. The endgame stuff isn't anything to get excited over as it's just more stuff to get better gear, but honestly, that's what all MMO's are. I won't say this MMO will catch you forever, but I guarantee you that if you enjoy it even for a few weeks and never play it again it won't be any different from non-MMO retail games. I've played every mission with a buddy of mine and we've had a lot of fun together. There's some solid customization for both your ship and your character; A lot more than what's in TOR, keep in mind. If you're the Role Playing type there are social zones, emotes, and RP specific fleets that can be fun if that's your cup of tea. PvP is solid as well. You can enjoy either space or ground PvP, both of which requiring different skills and knowledge. Though PvP queue's are typically empty until Vice Admiral rank so you might be waiting a bit to dig in. Who knows, maybe during F2P it'll be more populated.
Hope some of that helps. The best way to get into something is to just dive in and have a good attitude. Word of warning, unless you do Role Play, don't expect to be doing many Trek related missions. I'm a big Trek fan myself and I do not get the Star Trek feel from all the missions. A lot of it is shoot 'em up kill the Klingons type stuff with a rather shallow mystery or goal woven into all of the episodes. The quests are set up like a television series and you don't need to worry about finding the quest handlers and managing your quest lines. All you do is open up the hail starfleet menu and select the next episode, then click share in the mission manager to share with your buddy. When you do an action in the quest it completes it for your friend, too, so it's true MMO coop. It's basically just like playing a third person coop game.
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