So far, i tried to be a industrial peaceful guy, mining mostly and doing some fedex, while avoiding fights (only the small basic pirates are easily doable), but now i feel again it's going to be super hard not to be a fighter. Space seems crowded with pirates, quite crazy. I think it was already like this in vanilla game, but now i try to avoid fight, it feels worst.
Less pirates, but in small patroling bands, would feel better, i think. Also they seem to keep agro forever, somehow annoying, but it may be i'm way too slow (even if they are offscreen, if i stop they catch me).
I only saw the crafting stuff, not yet actually buid anything, as i sold everything to buy a better ship. Didn't join a faction yet, only started the Pariah line i guess. Not sure what i will do yet, i'm only level 11, and almost all points went to Industrial/Mining so far.