Decrease resource nodes on Alpha, and add islands (Gamma/nullsec?). In fact, dont just add islands as "copy-paste" of existing islands (3 outposts, 3 inner teleports, 3 outer teleports); vary it up a bit, some islands should be bigger then others (5 outposts maybe?) but a lot more outer teleports, while some islands could be smaller then others (1 outpost maybe?) to cater to small corps that don't want to bother with big alliances.

And as unpopular and impossible as it may sound, cut all informal feedback access between Devs <-> Beta players, we all know how it's done with indy companies and last thing we need is a few smart-asses more interested in their virtual power then game health giving feedback via MSN or Skype or w/e.