I am a returning player, had no idea what this hostility thing is... As a way to encourage more PVP wouldn't it make more sense to publicize that a nation/clan has started hostilities against a port. Right now there is just a message appears in combatnews, and if you can figure out the map you can perhaps figure that out too..
What I am suggesting is perhaps a hostility ticker always shown on screen in one corner or banners that appear on screen when one of your nations ports are being acted against. Recent complaints from the pvp'ers is that everyone is in the safe zone.. well.. who is doing this hostility stuff? why aren't they finding those hostility fleets and jumping in their battles? Thinking if hostility announcements were given a little more urgency or prominence it might work to encourage more pvp...