I'll confirm that your first LF camera won't be your last.
Same as in any other format. "Perfect" is too subjective for any single camera to be the right one for everyone.
FWIW, my first LF camera was almost an accident, a mis-listed KW Patent Etui plate camera with three plate holders that had been locked in a case and the key lost (I presume, since the eBay seller had apparently sawed the lock pin to open it, rather than having the sense to just pick the very simple lock). It was cool, but very limited and limiting in a lot of ways. Yes, I could put large format (9x12 cm) in a coat pocket, but that film size was (even in 2003) somewhat scarce and it took me months even to find a set of film sheaths! Then I had to make equipment to develop the sheet film myself (Mod54 and Stearman Press didn't offer the things then that they do now -- nor J.Lane, whose plates could have started me off without the sheath search).
That model is still a great backpacker's LF option, if you can find plate holders and film sheaths to fit it, BTW.
After using that camera for a few months (less than one box of film), I got some "better" plate cameras, which I still have; they came with a bunch of plate holders, and I acquired more sheaths; given availability of glass plates again, I'll likely keep those -- but 9x12 isn't very practical as a primary camera, so I started looking for the Speed Graphic I'd wanted since grade school. Once I had that, I traded something else for an Aletta (homebuilt wood monorail), decided I like monorail but not the wood construction, and found a cheapish Graphic View in loose parts. I liked that so much I recently bought a Graphic View II (upgraded version) and will soon be selling off the first-gen model and its spares. Unless I start doing large format some distance from a road, this will probably end the quest, for me -- unless I spot a deal I can afford on an 8x10...