Actually, collecting materials in a CZ is an interesting aspect of gameplay. If you manage to keep the heat off yourself, your limpets will just follow you around and bring you good stuff now and then. You can either position yourself so that you can lay down fire without moving much and fight with the cargo hatch open, or open it now and then to let them in. But if you get into heavy fire, your limpets can get hit and "expire" easily, needing to be replaced when things ease up. Positional play, near enough to keep fighting and with targets for the limpets "below" you is required for most efficient results. It's another aspect of combat to "git gud" at, and seems to me quite realistic.
I prefer keeping the heat on my targets. Not sure how you fly but I find limpets painfully easy to outrun past their operating range and they tend to attract point defense fire when they are. And that's on the ships that they might be worth carrying. Mambas, Eagles and Vipers need not even be thought about. All of those should typically be using their mobility. As far as realism, no, I don't think a real opponent would simply allow a salvage op right in front of them without resistance. Your limpets are made of wet tissue paper and you're driving with the brake on. You're easy to both disrupt and disengage from. But that's just how I'd expect a realistic response to go.
Handy if you are into the PVP butt sniffing scene.
My Guardians never run out of juice, no matter what I throw at them.
See shields above.
I have never had the need to go faster than 450. In fact, even that
is a hindrance because you have to slow down from there too.
Your flying style sounds pretty limited. I've used an 800ms IEagle for scanning wakes and had no trouble stopping, you just have to be creative. And while I don't PvP, I've seen reinforced shields do some neat things in Elite wing assassination missions. That extra hull also came in handy! I would guess you don't do those or do them without weapons that strain the PD. Meanwhile I've seen what 2 huge beams do to a class 8 even efficient modded. And those aren't choice guns for PvP either. All that aside, it's more than what you stated as a difference and innumerable ways to put those differences to use.
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