The cool thing about having your own ship is you can build your entire base on it. Nomad becomes a lot easier at that point. It's not just moving and setting up base over and over. You're moving your entire base with you. The way it works also makes base design somewhat more interesting too, at least the first time. You're significantly more limited on space, so it's a puzzle how to fit things in in a way you like. I imagine this is less fun when it's solved though.

Regardless, yeah, I don't think it's the right way to start playing. It's something you add to change things up.