I do not think there is really anything here to git gud at really though. It's a classic arcade space shooter at that point. Slow down, turn to acquire target, speed up half way and fire.
Now the cool aspect of space combat that I think should have been leveraged more in Starfield is the ability to target the engines, cripple the ship, and board it. Aside from a few instances so far (At least in my initial playthrough of which I am getting side-tracked on Bounty's and Faction quests) there could have been a ton more done here. Invading large capital ships (Unless this happens and I have not gotten to it yet) with some really good creative stories for this aspect once on the ship and mix/match some feature sets when on the ship.
But this is Bethesda. Community creates that, they found a way to monetize it, and then come out with 4 remasters.
The "git gud" part is learning the UI, which re-uses the tap/long press combos controls intended for limited buttons on controllers remapped directly on PC, for actions we haven't needed before in a Bethesda game.
It's been a long time since I have seen a game so divisive in its reception, with some people loving it and some people absolutely hating. Console wars don't explain this chasm.
The big question that people are answering isn't what people think it is. It isn't "Is the game good?" The game is good and fun, when taken on its face and without expectations. There is an unexpected learning curve, because they don't do much tutorialing, and throw you into the world, and thus the experience of "After X hours, my enjoyment level went up/way up/got better".
The question that people are answering, and this is entirely Bethesda's fault, "Is does this game meet my expectations?" Bethesda made a lot of sales-pitch presentations, generated a lot of excitement, sold the sizzle as much or more than the steak and then made a Bethesda Game Studio game in space/Sci-Fi Setting. For better or worse, people invested their hopes and dreams, their expectations of what No Man's Sky/Star Citizen/ even Skyrim/Fallout 2.0 in Space, and were expecting a generational improvement, and what they got was a whole lot of incrementalism, and in some cases not even that.
The game is fun when you play it for what it is. When measured against what it could have or should have been, whatever that upper imaginary limit/black box is, different for every person, it very obviously falls short.
