Agreed, but when ppl log in for 3 mins and "Hand some cash over scum, or die" and "Quick or i will spread your pieces, dog" isnt really fun, specially because they are not ashamed of just doing that and fly 20k up, F1 in space and go back to conn.
When i meet a pirate that is indeed pirating, notdoing a quick log for cash, and hes talkative, and not coming with same old bull****, is one thing, but when is just another idiot logging for 3 mins, heh, no thanks, if im mining i cd the ores in space and run for it, on preference after mocking him a lil.
Want improve gameplay? Get rid of the playerlist.
Then one dont know if someone is mining or not, if theres a pirate on that gate or not, if theres a frakking Hessian BS at the jumphole or a polizei lurking nearby.
The Snake's proposed change will have little to no effect: with the playerlist, soon some hostile enter the system ppl scramble and dock, if time permits logging a nearby ship to face the pirate.
If theres ONE BASE inside a minefield, grab some b@lls and siege it, if bother you so much. Kruger in o-7 for example: the pob is what 40k from the closest mining field? You must be very inapt to dont be able to cd and rekt a miner or a hauler in such distance.
On other hand, pobs inside mining fields should be moved away by admins right now, and rule changed so it isnt allowed, if someone make one, erase it.