Patrols, COULD BE, with limited ship entry, the perfect mechanism for the lone player or small group to participate in PVP, well organized Clans are not punished by limited entry, there is plenty of content for them in the way of raising hostility, and PB's.(content that lone players may not have access to) Being well organized shouldn't necessarily mean that you have priveleged rights over EVERY aspect of content in the game. What I keep hearing in this thread is......we want to gank....we deserve to gank.....we're organized and it's our game, we will gank.
I myself, and imagine many more players as well, would not be a good clan member. I play this game when I find spare time. I cannot plan to participate in a scheduled PB because i don't know when i can play tomorrow, or in 2 days etc.
what i keep hearing is play OUR way, or find a different Game(a lot of players just might)
Patrols could fill a void, and with limited ship entry allow smaller combat formations and maybe, just maybe allow some PVP without the Big boys stomping the s*** out of you.
Come on dev's how bout something for the little guy?, It wouldnt' exclude ANYONE, but would give the little guy an opportunity.(check my earlier post for a very simple suggestion)