The "nature of the game" is currently "lord of the flies"....that IMO is nothing for FD to be proud of IMO. I just find the choatic lack of structure mind boggling. Also visiting some the websites of these types with all the rules of no abuse etc...just laughable. Those types deserve to be ridiculed and PvPers who play by reasonable rules of behaviour should see my views as no threat.
If by "Lord of the Flies" you meant an in-game environment where chaos reigns - well, some people want to play in that type of environment.
I think the dystopian train-wreck that is the Elite Dangerous universe is intentional.
I want to focus on this phrase of yours:
"….and PvPers who play by reasonable rules of behaviour should see my views as no threat"
That statement sounds good, but the Krash is in the details.
What I mean is that the term
reasonable means entirely different things to different people.
I found the availability of group play and solo play, and the additional risk of open play to be very reasonable.
What I don't find reasonable, and something you didn't answer from the previous post of mine, is how are people to know that the opposing pilot meets all of your as yet to be defined qualifications that make up this mythical 'fair fight'? You'd do well to pay attention to that request. Do you want a little alert to pop up in game?
"Greetings commander, your current target is soft and unskilled, do you wish to continue?" You criticize the current set up quite a bit (which is fine) but what are the alternatives? Terms like "let's be reasonable" hides the complexity and details of what a fair system would look like.
Understand that there are thousands of games available where a player can get an even match in a tightly controlled environment.
If it bothers you so much, why aren't you in one of those titles?