The Epic does seem like an awesome phone still, but I worry about the recent complaings about the horrible Froyo bugs it has and when Samsung plans to fix it.
ACE Rom. What bugs?
Syndicate ROM fixes the keyboard dropped keys, lag, but it is heavily tweaked and you must use their themes.
ACE Rom, especially in a few releases will probably be the best all around ROM ever for the epic. Syndicate will be on par or right with it. I have 1 bug on my phone, and it changes depending on which of the two roms I use:
On ACE: dropped keystrokes on the hardware keyboard (not BAD or anything- the same amount that has plagued the epic since day 1- one key here or there..). Genocide kernel devs will prolly end up fixing this in their next release, likely using Syndicate's Twilight Zone kernel as a reference. Paul (dev of ACE) prolly wont have to do anything. Paul keeps ACE changes relatively simple and therefore you dont run into many problems with theming or stability.
On Syndicate: They fixed the keyboard button drops, but you cant charge the phone if it is turned off. This is expected to be addressed in the next release.
Otherwise, bugs are a thing of the past. Whew, it wasnt that long ago that I was on Eclair- now THAT was painful.