It does, to an extent, in my opinion - as the game design is quite clearly advertised and every player has the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the game features before making the purchase.
If players are seeking a game with only one mode then this is not that game and has, rather clearly, never been that game.
I think this needs to be differentiated, as I would assume not a lot of player that get griefed quit the game.
The one that joins Mobius was never into any PvP in the first place and therefore doesn't need to quit.
The one that quits the game gets dissapointed because he was looking for excitement in a contained area, that idea would promote your suggestion of a 'mini-bubble'.
The later one is similar to the one who quits because they have an easy option.
You know, if I had the option to lock my account to open only, while having significant reduced rebuys, I most certainly would do so.
People leave games for many reasons,
While none of my ships can carry 800T of expensive goods, I have flown my Python fully maxed out for cargo in open, so trading in open isnt that bad, of course I dont mind being blown up. I actually fly in solo/pg with guns and shields more than in open. In open there really is no point since most of the people who would pull you over are going to be over engineered and destroy you anyway. Insurance is less without the shields and guns.
The lazy comment at the end is probably just to get a rise out of people but I find it much less lazy in pg/solo since in open its just submit and walk away most of the time. But to each their own
True, people leave for lots of reasons, it wasn't the core of my point.
I was just arguing towards quitting because of having an easy option being equally valid as quitting because of getting griefed.
There is git gud guide to trading in open.
Showcasing an unengineered T-7 escaping an fully engineered gank FDL without any problems.
Trying to win that fight is pointless, but having defense mechanisms allow you to escape.
It's lazy because if you want to be greedy (like fly without shields and max cargo) you need to put in extra effort to compensate and this extra effort is redundant by going pg/solo.