On a scale of 1-10, 5 being average

Smoothness/Controls = 2
Pace of Combat = 9
Match Variety = 3
Weapons = 7
Build Customization = 10

Overall = 8

The controls and aiming system are straight up bad. Everyone knows that.

The pace of combat is great. Unlike many FPS titles where a few bullets from an SMG mean death, there is plenty of time to react and fight back or run unless you get hit by something very nasty. Overall it's slightly slower than Halo PC (The original) and Reach, which IMO were the two best FPS ever in terms of combat and combat pacing.

Only two real match types. They were smart enough to make one of them a standard deathmatch, but they need to make adding a couple new modes a priority.

Even this early into the game the weapon line-up is much better than most FPS games. Some races (Everyone but Gallante) are getting seriously shafted on their racial weapons / vehicles but if you just ignore races it's still a great line up. The main downfall is that developers are catering to the demands of the AR toting masses and nerfing the holy hell out of anything that isn't a standard AR. If the mass driver, shotgun, etc. hadn't been nerfed so hard, or the AR wasn't so damn good in every scenario this category would be a 9.

10. This game has far better build customization than Planetside 2, Team Fortress 2, Gunz... or really any other FPS with customization I've ever tried. The only thing that could make it any better is weapon modifications. Like the ability to swap iron sights for a scope on a standard AR.

Overall, despite the weird controls the combat is the best I've seen in an FPS outside the Halo series. 8 in it's current form. Hopefully 10 after some more work.