I'm in the same boat you are in pal.
I came across PlaneShift yesterday (in my search for a mac MMO) and found that the server was down. Since then all I've been doing is reading the site and forums... I'd suggest the same at this point, since it'll help later when you get the game and keep you interested till its open again. It'll probably take the development team more then just a day. This is because of a bug in the inventory system of the new client (or so I've heard). If you want to talk to another PS noob I can private message you my msn/yahoo addy. =P