Better way to Grind

[DivineWind]

drac ships and equipment are so high because each system it "doubles" in price

Haha no. The only system that doesn't have double the other systems amount of cryonite for ships is Antares (Vega ship = 445 cryonite/Antares ship = 1862) But then every other system is just about nearly double the same amount as the last system. Basically, it goes like this:

Vega ships = 445 Cryonite
Antares ships = 1,862 Cryonite
Gemini ships = 3,763 Cryonite
Mizar ships = 7,494 Cryonite
Sol ships(45) = 11,628 Cryonite
Sol ships(60) = 20,568 Cryonite
Draconis ships = 108608 Cryonite

So no, your statement is invalid, the Drac ships are absolutely no where near 'double Sol ships(60).

Now same with equipments:
Ion storm blaster = 459 Cryonite
Ion Inferno blaster = 1,230 Cryonite
Fusion Tempest blaster = 1,779 Cryonite
Fusion Force blaster = 4,168 Cryonite
AM Distortion blaster = 9,037 Cryonite
ZP pulsar blaster = 43,443 Cryonite

Now you see that Draconis is no where near double the amount of cryonite of Sol. Draconis is just too much, and grinding has been made harder, so now it is hard for some to grind for a fully equipped Draconis ship (Around 500-600k Cryonite), Which would take about a week to get the ship itself without armour, and then about an extra 3 weeks to grind the last 500k cryonite. This would be extremely difficult to get(Unless some people started grinding a lot before Draconis came out), very time consuming and also energy consuming, making it even harder. Not even all the story missions in the game is enough to fully equip a Draconis ship, because the story mission cryonites altogether is 277,477 Cryonite:

Vega System = 1,290 Cryonite
Antares System = 7,720 Cryonite
Gemini System = 12,097 Cryonite
Mizar System = 28,050 Cryonite
Sol System = 87,345 Cryonite
Draconis System = 90,975 Cryonite

Total = 277,477 Cryonite

Now this tells me that most of the game is simply 'grind grind grind'. Either the story missions need to give you more cryonite, mantis drop more cryonite or just change the whole grinding system to something much enjoyable.

You are forgetting white missions. Boring perhaps but they are there for a reason. The whites can significantly boost your cry totals and serve as a welcome break to grinding. Even a basic kill mission is likely to give you double the reward (if you take into account cry drops from the kills).

It is a tired story reading about people complaining about cry drops/grinding time when there is so much else to do that will get you cry. And how about buying an elite 3 hour booster and just grinding for 3 hours? Of course then the comment will be "I'm not paying for it!" Well, get used to it because you are going to have to if you want to get on. And 3 hour boosters are normally reduced. I really don't see the issue here. PG gives a non-paying player something for nothing (apart from time). You cannot expect everything for nothing.