Here's the thing.. there are scenarios that can be griefing or non-griefing. Firstly, though, considering there's a block function that de-instances from the player is legitimately an exploit. If it was intended by FD, then it's a pretty antisocial feature. (Fire all the drama at this quote if you wish, but it stands true in every way)
Getting onto the differences. Consensual or Non-Consensual, you may and will encounter those who have intentions. PowerPlay, for one, is a pretty common battlefield in PvP, and you may get pulled and attacked if you're opposing a power. 2.4 Federation Bounties will be ignoring PowerPlay for similar reasons.
Now as with the term "griefing" and "ganking", they are different in definition. Griefing may be repeatedly attacking the player or pushing him/her to the point of crying or quitting the game. Ganking is where an attacker has no reasons to kill a player but for fun or just boredum/trolling. Although both terms have been used together, since the majority of a player griefed at a CG was probably from a gank. However, I just came here to clarify that if you're unaware.
So how would FD fix it?
- They should set the stations to kill anyone wanted, except for smugglers with precious cargo. This would make sense as a pirate, since you had committed a crime in that system. If your bounty is less than 1,000 CR, then you won't get blown to sky high. Secondly, they should adjust the block feature so that it only blocks communication with the player. Thirdly, make the NPC police hard to fight for PvPers, in addition the response time for them to arrive should be in a few seconds than minutes (over-engineered cops should level the playing field). And thirdly, to prevent station ganking, the victim should not be wanted if the attacker is faster than the victim. Simple maths, Frontier!
On a side note: I have had traders come up to me and ask why I had "ganked" them. It was simply for the reason they were opposing my power and I had no objections to destroy their vessel on behalf of Imperial Law.
Fly Imperial, Commanders!
- CMDR StarfireIX