I've been playing it as my "catching up on YouTube" game. I've gotten the Stealth ship and am have been using it exclusively. I like the starting weapons because the burst fire to take out the shields coupled with a beam weapon can take out lower end ships and drone ships fairly easy. My last run was horrible, though. I had to go through an asteroid field in the first sector and I was constantly on the verge of blowing up due to the ridiculous encounters I was getting. I somehow made it to the 4th sector, but my first jump landed me against a pirate ship with two big laser guns and two big missile launchers. I was dead in a matter of seconds. I never had enough scrap to upgrade anything because I was constantly repairing, so I didn't stand a chance.