You're kind of missing one of the big biochemical draws of the social media known as MMOs. Positive collaborative engagement with other players gives people an endorphin pop. Meeting, fashion displays, conversation about events or locations, even non-game related chat is a huge part of the PVE open experience of nearly every single mmo. MMOs usually partition pvp and wvw experiences, yet still have lobbies for cues or bases where strategies or events can be discussed.
ED does not offer these core features fundamental to the MMO experience. I am convinced that FDEV was oblivious to the well established mechanics for PVP/PVE partitioning, and or did not have the resources to set it up. Their shoestring p2p architecture, emphasis on gank mechanics and burst dps did not create a structure to allow player self-policing either.
Open PVE will never happen for this several year-old game. I think the best we can hope for is some moderation on the rebuy end of things for pvp interactions.
I'm afraid your post pretty much dismisses the very reasonable player expectation that ED would have core MMO features for PVE player interaction.
I think it would actually be great if FDEV implemented your gated limits on allowing players to participate in the game, because it would crush the player base and actually encourage FDEV to rethink the current model.
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