Last night, I spent several hours in toaster-space, unopposed by anything more threatening than a few sluggish AI vults.

Has ONE become so complacent and lazy that even their most hated enemies can waltz into and out of their space as we please?

Most hated enemies? I've never even heard of you.

Unfortunately the faction system tends to train people to not fight in nation space.....

That is no longer an excuse. People at "Respect" can be killed with no consequences. If they have given up their Itani standing in order to have Serco standing, and claim to be nationalists, then they should be loudly mocked and cajoled, and possibly killed by your Itani alts when they meet in Itani space, for being a traitor.

That isn't even the case here - he says he was followed by AI vults, which implies he was at best hated.

Why would anyone waste time chasing some running Itani around Serco space?

Why would anyone waste time playing a game?

I chase Serco around Itani space.

hell yesterday we chased someone around UIT space for kicks.

And yesterday I was in uit space firing gems at someone from a trident.

I haven't seen any nationalistic things going on as of late. Except for serco and itani working together.

did you run into any other players? game is a wasteland, VO is dying

As long as we're on that topic, Billy, kindly go die in a fire.

TYIA

Or die in a horrible nosepicking incident gone wrong,

really, we're not picky.

Somebody honestly expects people to actively patrol space otherwise occupied by a very energetic and aggressive AI defense network? For hours on end? This is a game not a second job.