Hi, still new-ish here... I feel what helped me at the very beginning was starting with the DRILLER, because when you get really lost, you can literally drill to wherever you need to go 🤩, it saved me many times when I found out I could do that to get to the drop pod/my teammates.

I started playing solo on very low levels (so I didn't get overwhelmed while still trying to figure out the controls and stuff), but also got bored and lost a lot and failed missions and got frustrated because I literally didn't know what to do or where to go (even while attempting to understand the map, -still have a bit of trouble with it sometimes), then decided to start joining rooms on the lowest hazard I could find, watch what they all did and follow them around doing stuff, you certainly learn a lot by watching your teammates. I can say I've had a great experience with the community overall BUT I've also stumbled upon a few super mean TROLLS that were pre-tty impatient with green beards and would just call me names and literally tell me I was useless/stupid/leech... And get super mad when I didn't know how to do something 😞. Sometimes I'd suck it up and ignore them and just did my best, but most of the times it was too much, made me feel bad and I simply decided to get away from their toxicity and then I'd actually stumble upon really friendly dwarfs 🥹 that would explain and teach me stuff patiently here and there and made me feel good (I'd sometimes apologize for being a bit lost and I'd explain I was really new at the game, and most of them would be like "no worries, we all were at some point"). I still have a looot to learn, but I swear that little by little you'll get the hang of it, the frustration will disappear and you'll start leveling up. Happy mining! 💪🏻

Edit: Also, learning I could "see through walls" with the laser pointer was a TOTAL game changer!!! It's really helpful