I can make you a basic Gem grapple if you need one also. Prolly have everything and can sell ya one for around 1k coin @Trickyy90 to help ya out. just let me know
Edit: I have 10 Diamond ones crafting. If you want one, to help ya out getting started. Ill sell you a base diamond for 1.2k Msg me if interested 
Titanium grapples are also good for a while. I still use titanium most of the time. I even forge length, and light on them. Light helps when you are swinging under the surface of planets like Alycon and need two grapples to navigate.
For group hunts you can better keep an eye on various Boundless discord. Like in the official Boundless, Portal Seekers and many others have a bot from simoyd which people use to announce group hunts. When you become a hunter be typing in a chat !hunter you will also get notifications.
But be aware, often when a hunt is announced… They ping over an hour, with more info and details.
Otherwsihe i think Merica is a very good low tier planet to hunt on!
Ahh okay cool, haven’t looked at any discords and I’m on the ps4, does the !Hunter notification thing work on ps4?
Sorry, I have no friends on boundless yet 
haha so not used chat much
There’s so much to this game it’s amazing haha!
It works on discord Its not ingame, its in Discord.
This is the most neutral discord that is about boundless But you can join plenty of guilds to try to make friends!
ohh i see! Thanks I’ll definitely check it out