I never lurked around on the same planet or in the same system for long.
Did the tutorial stuff until I had everything to jump systems and craft warp cores and off I went.
I am now in my fifth system following the route I got from a monument.
Most of the systems were Gek, one of them ruled by a warrior race which had obnoxiously aggressive drones (but also cool dinosaurs).
I swapped the ship once (not much larger but better equipped, incl. hyperdrive upgrades I can't craft yet) and multitools twice. I may have maxed out my suit slots now too (not sure, there may still be more space).
I like how all of these are under the control of different game systems. Ships by salvaging crashed ones or buying them at trade spots, Multitools by first encounters with aliens upon giving the right responses (my language skills in Gek are getting good because I can talk about syrup now) and suit upgrades from exploring.
Space combat is not good and generally, I don't like the space travel at all.... I would murder Gek for an autopilot (or a map of the system... and the ability to leave map markers or remove markers).
I rarely have real fun playing it, but somehow it isn't dull either. It just keeps you going with things like learning words and sessions can become quite long as you hardly notice the time flying by.
There are still good moments around, but not in an amount that it becomes exciting. E.g. I just found a Gek monument that didn't just teach some words but actually had a choice event which I mastered thanks to me having words, the best words... felt good.
Have you named and uploaded any interesting discoveries? Have you shot up any space pirates? Have you become a friend to the alien colonists? Are you a mining millionaire? Have you been travelling the galaxy or mapping out your homeworld?
