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This may be a silly question, and maybe more so because of my casual playstyle 'cause I think I used glyphs someone else found like twice, but do people really enjoy picking up ships, multi-tools, companions, and all that stuff that other people have found? I kind of get it, like maybe you really want a gold exotic guppy or something. It's just, the exotic I have now is the first one I found because it feels special that I found it. My living ship is the one that I happened to get on the planet I happened to be on at that stage of the quest. I feel attached to it. I just wouldn't feel the same about a ship I got because I followed a set of instructions outside the game. That can't be a rare position to take right? Maybe it is though. Maybe playing on Nintendo Switch where I don't actually encounter other players makes things like trading glyphs feel like meta-gaming instead of running into someone who's just saying "check out this cool thing I found!"
Tracking down the exact color ship with whatever specific components in an S class doesn't do it for me. My view may evolve over time, and I can see how being able to search up exactly what I want is almost something that almost has to exist in an infinite procedurally generated environment. It's just not something I feel like I need ya' know?
Yes. And there may be lots of reasons for it.
For example: you may be looking for a certain ship configuration that you like. Maybe that combination is rare (e.g., a shielded ball hauler aka a "glowball"), so you just aren't likely to stumble across it on your own. Or, maybe you do find one, but it has other configuration aspects you don't like (tail style, nose style, whatever). Or the colors are garish. At some point in your search for the ship that you want, you get frustrated, and start asking for help. The search has stopped being "fun". I've been there. Most of my ships are my own finds, but two are the result of this frustration, and seeking someone else's find on the Exchange.
Another example: you don't like certain ship styles (hauler, living, explorer, whatever), but someone posts a find and that particular configuration and color really jumps out at you. You didn't know you wanted that until you saw it. And you want specifically that. Now you go get it.
Yet another scenario: you want to build a base to share with others, and you want it on a planet with specific attributes. Color, biome, weather, general look and feel, etc. The base is the point, not the exact planet, though the planet's parameters still matter. Why delay the base build until you stumble across the right planet if someone has already found what you need?
Personally I use my own equipment for day-to-day use (although I did personally find two T-shaped supercharged slot Interceptors in the first week or two of that update 👽) and I use the top-of-the-line stuff for competitive PVP events.
There are competitive PVP events?
Yes! Every weekend, the Galactic Hub Star League hosts events, which can be multitool PVP, starship PVP, starship racing, exocraft racing, or minigames. Other groups also host their own competitions but I'm less familiar with those.
I can't speak for everyone, but personally I enjoy both finding things myself and using glyphs shared by others. As I see it, they are simply two different kinds of "play" that NMS enables. I have a "Batman" themed Interceptor that someone else shared which amuses me, but -- like you -- I often default to an exotic that I happened upon myself. (Unfortunately, I can't share the location of that particular exotic, because I didn't know anything about glyph sharing at the time, and now I have no idea where I found it.)
If you don't get any pleasure out of one mode of play, no big deal. Just enjoy the journey!
I liked picking up other people's finds early on. Now I have a good collection of my own finds, the hunt and share is more satisfying. Sometimes it even helps to shape my play goals. E.g. I might spend a while searching for specifically cat-like fauna and share a curated bunch.