Metagaming is a central part of this games design, it has annoyed me for years that people STILL complain about this day in day out. The player list allows you to find other people when you otherwise should/would not know they are present.
This is NOT a bad thing as without it nobody would ever meet anyone outside of the new york circle. perhaps if the server limit was in the 10000's (*drool*) then it would be an uncessecy part of the game beacuse the player density around the server would be much higher, so you wouldnt need to have a universal view of whos online to be able to meet another person and do some RP/PVP
this is something that should be expected the moment you log in, because as explained it is central to the game and unavoidable.
and yes i appologise for calling you a liar without cause.
I dont need hone to tell me about people F1'ing and quick docking smugglers, because ive experienced it for years, again its not really a MAJOR problem, people let their egos get bruised too easily. and there are systems in place to stop these things from happening for a reason.
a lot of smugglers dont bother to put themselves off the plane because the population density is so low, the likelyhood of actually encountering somebody else is minimal, even back in the day when the server was 225/225.
yes, there are some that do, particularly convoys of cardamine I have lead myself, it is undeniably safer to be off plane, but if you are trying to make money, time is far more important.
Not only is time important because of the amount of money you can make. but also because the longer you spend somewhere the higher chance you have of being intercepted before you leave the area, and the more of you there are the greater that chance increases.
perhaps a system should be introduced where moving more than 10K above or below the plane would cause rapid attrition of your cargo as a balance measure.