To be perfectly honest, I think part of the issue is the stigma that PvP is this giga tryhard thing that you need to put a bajillion hours of conn in to succeed at. XA- is the example I'd like to cite here. It's a faction with sure, a couple very decent pilots, but for the most part is made up of relatively average pvpers. The faction punches well above its weight class in group engagements however simply because they sit in a VC in combat and coordinate under a single shot-caller.
I'm not saying every impromptu engagement needs to be like this but if you know you're going into combat, I don't think it's unreasonable. Not every faction is going to be like Aegis. But I do think the majority of factions could do something similar to XA.
[03.07.2024] LNS-Beast***: we can do this every day but you have to buy bigger stronger ships...and i'll help you