"To Solo Play Players: If You Could Disable PVP, Would You Play in Open Play Mode Instead?"
I would not play in open and even now i dont play with others much in private. Just because:
1.: The game offers to little reward wise. There are no missions that need another player to finish it. You can have fun but with others but if you looking for rewards credits or materials, solo play is best.
2.: unbalanced PvP, people have different builds for combat, trading, exploring well u get it. If someone with a good PvP build ship attacks someone thats doin trading / exploring or just using an all of Jacks build, the PvP build player will most likely win this duell.
3.: PvP is waste of time. Its ok if you have 2 ppl that want to do it for fun, other ppl will only loose time in the thing they want to do. PvP gives also no rewards.
4.: My PvP experience from other games. Ppl tend to cheat if they can, using bots, aim bots, infinitive health, see and shoot through walls, buy in game items for real world money or other pay to win items just to get an advantage to win.
Actually i dont have fun or time for that, so i basicly just avoid Multiplayer if i can. However there are games especialy made for PvP / Mulitplayer play and thouse i play if i want to PvP. I liked the command & Conquer games or Starcraft for that. I think basicly because you start every game from zero and only with skill and tactics you win.
5.: PvP cost in game curency and time when loosing your ship, while it offers no real rewards.