Question, how many players can honestly say they have become Elite or better without having logged in a single hour of Solo play? Just to be clear I have not, its just a question for some research I am doing. o7 fly safe
o7 thank youI haven't but came close--my estimate for the time I got my Trade Elite was over 99% in open. I pretty much never touched solo from launch to about 2017, and got Elite Trade in mid 2017 if I recall correctly. Still don't use solo much at all--if anything, I've used private groups a bit prior to 2018, and since quite a bit.
I spent most of my time outside of popular areas. Today, I see maybe 1-4 commanders a week where I am in Open, so it's not that different from solo other than the very occasional "o7 cmdr" exchange.