My opinions on the pvp balance changes and 4.88 changes in general.

[Zayne Carrick]

1) True.
Generic rule: if your target is running - let it be. There's nothing you can do, except flying with instakill setup.

2) True.
Go buy a cloak on your every snub.

3) True.
See above and use same technique.

4) Bounty hunting haven't been reliable source of income for ages. If you're doing it for money, you're doing something wrong.

5) Not really.
It's just general skill of players becoming worse and worse.
2 weeks of intensive training with good pilot and you'll be able to hold on quite long against any ace and kill 80% of discovery VHF population without problems