In the beginning of the game you start grinding basically. I know I started hunting animals and sold what I got until I could get a decent gun. I then saved til

In the beginning of the game you start grinding basically. I know I started hunting animals and sold what I got until I could get a decent gun. I then saved till I could get mining equipment. I got lucky in the middle of nowhere and hit a huge vein of gems (or something) that I sold for like 5x what I paid for the mining equipment. I then bought armor and a better weapon and went roaming the wilderness to find one of the better cities with better markets. I could have gone with one of the 'coyotes' to help me do the crossing (some seriously big monsters along the way that I had to run like shit from) but they charged ridiculous amounts and if you had an iffy connection you could lose them and the cash you spent. I eventually got a bit bored with the game as it's specifically designed so progression is really slow without dropping money. At least they kept skill progression to grind only or ludicrously expensive 'implants' (like in EVE).