This game started out as nothing but a shooter. now they getting off onto some more detailed things. I did one town protection mission so far and it froze at the end. I did a few salvage missions too and they were almost all combat related. they also don't take into consideration your levels. as a new player everything I own is level 1 so...they send me out on salvage missions where 4-6 soldiers appear? and since I never lived through that videos show that there's two waves...lol never did a single one of those.
so, I think shooting can be fun...but the entire game shouldn't be about that. Missions to carry important info, is fine, or go pick up junk from a crash, normal jobs some beginner could get. so do more of those for new players, and don't swarm them and make them feel helpless before they have a chance to learn anything. I believe this is a great game, and can get better, as they move into things other than full combat. Let the player make things, maybe their own mods for their guns, etc. Silencers, scopes, several different types of ammo for different jobs (some are coming from synthesis I hear) and let people play the way they want, not being herded into FPS every time. You will need raw materials, so miners are needed. Then finish products, so manufacturers are needed. let the people decide what they want to do and let them support the killers ...err.. Mercenaries of the galaxy. lol