Speaking for myself (there may be others as well), there is nothing that can be done to Open to 'entice' me to become a flying target for other players. I just don't need or want other players and their antics screwing up my game. Period.
Are Gankers Pushing People Into Solo?
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Speaking for myself (there may be others as well), there is nothing that can be done to Open to 'entice' me to become a flying target for other players. I just don't need or want other players and their antics screwing up my game. Period.
In response to the OP 
Dunno...
Dunno...
If they are pushed there it’s only by themselves.
You have a problem. You have two solutions. Become better and overcome the problem or just remove the possibility of it.
People tend to choose the path of least resistance. Case and point, Borann.
ZzZ ; lost me at the ' maybe he's a nut ' type trash talk , maybe he's just playing a game ?
So if we can agree that gankers are not mentally ill, here's a question that no one has been able to answer as far as I've seen: Why club baby seals at Deciat? Why would someone spend the time to engineer an unkillable godship and hone their combat skills, just to go hang out at the most popular waypoint for new CMDR's? Why not go fight with peer-level competitors? ("Because they can" is not an answer.)
If a pro boxer hung out at a school playground punching kids in the face, you'd wonder what was wrong with him, no?
From the claims elsewhere on this very forum...
They are bored as there is nothing to do with PvP...
Poor things
This is the most Karen-esque response I’ve ever seen about PvP
Maybe not mentally ill (in the case of a ganker), but there's definitely something not right upstairs. IMO of course.
Of course it's an answer. Just because you don't like it as an answer doesn't in any way invalidate it.
That’s not going to be unique to people who do pvpMaybe not mentally ill (in the case of a ganker), but there's definitely something not right upstairs. IMO of course.
Security / ATR should be equipped with a “Reverb EMP” which instantly disables all ships (except the Security ships, natch) in the area. They would then use “Remote Reboot” access to restart any craft who are not wanted first and then , after a 30 sec wait, reboot everyone else.
The Security ships should only have ONE of these EMPs - which they use instantly on entering the instance. That way the wanted players could hang around to take them on after they’ve been restarted (and there should probably be high-level mats and cargo dropped as a reward should you manage to destroy them) but the non-wanted players have had a chance to escape.
Oh, and the EMP should make the same noise as those mines Jango Fett used in the Star Wars prequels where it all goes quiet and then there's a massively loud “throwmbpppp” as the shockwave hits.
The Security ships should only have ONE of these EMPs - which they use instantly on entering the instance. That way the wanted players could hang around to take them on after they’ve been restarted (and there should probably be high-level mats and cargo dropped as a reward should you manage to destroy them) but the non-wanted players have had a chance to escape.
Oh, and the EMP should make the same noise as those mines Jango Fett used in the Star Wars prequels where it all goes quiet and then there's a massively loud “throwmbpppp” as the shockwave hits.
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Ganker and PvPer: Different mindsets. One wants a challenge against a similarly equipped player. The other just wants to ruin someone's game.
Or did I misunderstand the comment?
Why don't you ask the reason of FDev nott putting up a method people could use against gankers/griefers/whatever you call them?
You already have the answer, don't you? FDev don't care. You don't care. You just want to get rid of them to enjoy your ideal MMO. Unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. Not until FDev change the environments of PVP activities.
You already have the answer, don't you? FDev don't care. You don't care. You just want to get rid of them to enjoy your ideal MMO. Unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. Not until FDev change the environments of PVP activities.
A PVPer in your description could be or become a ganker though.
Actually it's enough if ships like ATR Vultures have a corrosive multicannon and a reverb laser,
and the bigger ones several of that. No magic counterbuilds needed.
Reverb takes care of shield tanks, corrosive will wear down the best hull tank, combined with NPC module sniping (which they do iirc?).
You're right. Allow me to rephrase. It's a lazy, stupid answer that contributes nothing.
The only difference in the two is level of boredom lol. You’ll never get rid of gankers completely. But you can greatly reduce them by having some sort of feature in the game that directs the PvP community into organic conflict with each other. Bgs and pp just graze the surface of something like it.
Just like your answer. So I guess it all comes out in the wash.
If you say so. People don't need a reason to do anything. Nothing lazy or stupid about it.
It's lazy and stupid not to be aware of the rules of the game you are playing.
I guess it is that time, again... 
Like any good ol MMO, there needs to be designated PVP zones. What's the PVP zone in ESO? Craglorn? It's where some of the toughest enemy are, but it's also open. SWTOR has them, too. The only exception to PVP outside of those zones being Powerplay (expansion/ control zone, or while hauling media), or certain winged missions, because, yes, griefers will grief all day long. It's definitely a "make me feel good about me" compensation thing. There would be a ton of possibities for PVP areas or systems in Elite. Heck make Colonia one of them. It pretty much already is. It's the wild west out ther in open.
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