Sadly need to agree with Bodhi.
I played for over 3 years with 3 toons, and it became like work. I never even touched a mining ship since the starting tutorial. I mostly did 0.0 with a couple big alliances, and did some pirating (most fun).
It became way too much like work, and I left a couple years ago.
The game has so much potential, but it just lacked excitement for most of the time...Look for fight, one sided fight for or against, or a lagfest uber blob fleet and cap fights.
I would sell my toons, but just in case I go back don't want to start from scratch.