The big problem all these threads identify basically boils down to "it's really difficult to organically find opponents for PvP", which is definitely an issue. Same as being unable to find a match in CQC.
But my experience doing PvP piracy before the mining nerf kinda identified another problem with that.
It's not actually hard to find PvP. The problem is finding casual PvP.
How can I go out and yarrharr as a pirate without the party being crashed by sweaty tryhards just blowing up all my targets and driving them to solo for the lulz? Like, you could go to a war CG (or any CG) in open if all you're wanting to have is a scrap, but the odds are good that instead of finding some even match, you'll run into some gank wing spewing slurs into system chat and honestly you'd rather play with literally anyone else.
The old hyades sector double-painite spot was a nice balance of just enough traffic to get miners (and other pirates) without being busy enough for the ganker mobs to find a steady stream of quarry (or else, they'd have to do what I was doing and hunt people down in the rings by listening for the sound of mining lasers, which is a level of patience that goes beyond what most of them are capable)
I've had a similar problem looking for outlaw groups to fly with and do my anarchist thing - finding "outlaw" players is relatively easy, finding an outlaw server that doesn't immediately give me the vibe that I'm going to have my discord account nuked by Trust and Safety for being in the server after a single glance into their memes channel is another matter entirely.
I guess what I'm saying is that what we need is some way to find other players, but without "every denthead in the galaxy descends upon this place and ruins it for everyone else" being a factor.
But my experience doing PvP piracy before the mining nerf kinda identified another problem with that.
It's not actually hard to find PvP. The problem is finding casual PvP.
How can I go out and yarrharr as a pirate without the party being crashed by sweaty tryhards just blowing up all my targets and driving them to solo for the lulz? Like, you could go to a war CG (or any CG) in open if all you're wanting to have is a scrap, but the odds are good that instead of finding some even match, you'll run into some gank wing spewing slurs into system chat and honestly you'd rather play with literally anyone else.
The old hyades sector double-painite spot was a nice balance of just enough traffic to get miners (and other pirates) without being busy enough for the ganker mobs to find a steady stream of quarry (or else, they'd have to do what I was doing and hunt people down in the rings by listening for the sound of mining lasers, which is a level of patience that goes beyond what most of them are capable)
I've had a similar problem looking for outlaw groups to fly with and do my anarchist thing - finding "outlaw" players is relatively easy, finding an outlaw server that doesn't immediately give me the vibe that I'm going to have my discord account nuked by Trust and Safety for being in the server after a single glance into their memes channel is another matter entirely.
I guess what I'm saying is that what we need is some way to find other players, but without "every denthead in the galaxy descends upon this place and ruins it for everyone else" being a factor.
