Make PvP 10% of cost, same as in fort events! More people could afford to shoot back, and less people would purely go there to waste the enemies PEDs
Even if it was like that, It wouldnt matter as long there are people exploiting/ Cheating with the system.
Good example how support literally takes a shit over some people?
I'll share a litle experience.
A year ago I was member of a society, which for the rightfull reasons I will not name, I had friends there and all, but I didnt leave on best terms,
I kept being harrassed in and outside pvp, and I don't mean being shot at, because its pvp, its how it roles, I'm fine with that, I mean constantly chasing where I would hunt, what I would do, mob stealing, It was annoying and harrassment, either way, i enabled it, because i'd feel it'd be a low trick to report.
All i ended up doing was talking sense and tell them to act as grown up, because after all, i was in that group for some years, was the society i was the longest in, and I said i woulnd't really take personaly if some of my friends would have to shot me because of soc orders in pvp (which some asked me to be in good grace with the soc).
Everything crossed the line, when some members know about my RL, contacts, family, as I did for them, and it seems that even the fact that I ignored them wasn't enough, they started threatening me IRL, that they would come to my place and finish the deal since they couldnt do it ingame, and sadly, im not just saying, I've got enough logs... Logs that i ended up sharing with MindArk, because i believe RL threats shouldnt be taken easy specially when its a RCE game.
Still in good faith, i didnt report... Couldn'tve been a drunk act and we all got those bad moments, but it kept on going, drunk or not, and it expanded, from 1 member to few saying the exact same thing, and they said they reported me for... abusing pvp system?
Not to mention they were spreading in channels all over false acusations about me, claiming false stuff and manipulating facts to try to get at me.
So I made a report, which I got asking if i did such a thing, I was monitored and assured that I follow everything by the book, and to keep the behaviour since there were people interested in doing all it takes to get me baned for some reason.
After being reported for no reason, I proceeded to report for my RL threats.
How it was handled?
I made a report 6 months after i left that society, 6 months, of taking crap and constant harrassment, provided all logs, videos of some bug abuses also, just asking to keep it clean.
I had to re-open the same support 7 TIMES because it kept getting closed until I said was lack of respect providing me info I was being reported by few, and ignore something serious as RL threat.
I was able to keep a support opened where i provided once again everything, which I was waiting on their investigation for probably 7-8months, So i gave up and just closed it, because it was still open with no answer for that long.
Few days ago, I joked with a guy i knew, he asked for BB Spawn, and i said "I dont know and even if i knew i wouldnt fking tell you", took me few seconds to be pm'd by a MA Official saying "Seriously Paulo?" One of the Officials that was monitoring the whole thing.
Too long didn't read version (tl;dr)
I was reported for multiple random senseless crap, and was told about it, and asked to keep my behaviour,
I reported RL threats and serious bugs along with it, i had to wait several months so in the end, i had to close the support myself
So tell me, no matter who you are, my friend, enemy, even if you dont know me,
Do you think after what you read that all "players got the same chances in Entropia Universe"? I'm not talking even about loot theories
In my head - No.
PS: And yes, i do use the ignore function in-game, it is a good filter, the only time to deal with some people sadly (not only those rookie chat scamers)