I started for the first time last night. I like Survival games and so I started in that mode.
I don't know if they force you to start on a hot/toxic planet, but I did.
I died like 5 times before I got to the ship lol.
I had to sit in the ship to recharge my environmental protection thing, make small runs and then run back to the ship to recharge. Found a small amount of whatever it is that recharges the suit, tried to make it to the signal thing, random firestorm, died.
Spawn back at ship and everythings broken again :\
Fixed everything, got some more protection stuff, tried again, made it, finished the tutorial stuff.
Even tho parts were super frustrating, it felt really good to escape that hell planet lol.
On the next planet, I had to follow a signal to some thing, get a blueprint, etc. Then while looking for copper I found a crashed A class ship :D
I repaired the engine, but the other parts all needed things I didn't have yet. I kept it anyway, I think I'll slowly fix it up as I figure stuff out.
The experience of finding a crashed ship and repairing its systems with very little resources in toxic atmosphere was really cool :D
Can't wait to play again.