For the record: The idea that this is the same as "buying guns" is stupid. The game has more issues than most alphas I've played but if you're an intelligent human being don't buy into this "They lied about P2W boycott h1z1" garbage. Air drops are taken directly from Rust and were arguably the hardest way to get gear unless you were very lucky.
I'm not super pumped about the game right now but we will see what happens.
My experience:
Item population is extremely low which I'm sure will be fixed but until it is there isn't much to do. I played for over an hour searching 2 residential areas as well as one of the games larger towns. I opened about 30 containers and found 1 strip of cloth. Seeing as its a game about crafting/combat/survival there wasn't much going on since nobody had a weapon, crafting supplies, or food.
Since crafting and finding cool stuff wasn't an option I figured I would explore with the map Turnbull sent me but that wasn't fun either. The different areas aren't very interesting since most buildings are empty and house interiors are mostly the same. even the dam which seemed to be the maps sort of "big location" didn't have anything to offer. I remember Infestation having a much more interesting map to explore.
About the response online:
I'd love to see this game turn out great or even just be something playable I can spend some time in. I DO NOT think that these issues are that big a deal. Ignore reddit, blogs, reviews, whatever. I don't really like paying for airdrops (they were free in Rust btw) but they have been open about it, they have communicated with the public, and they have offered refunds. This is not some outrage where they are jsut trying to steal everyone's money, lets see what the game looks like in a few days.
I'm going to wait until Sunday and see what happens then consider the refund they are offering until Monday. The game has potential but right now there just isn't a game really.