Harvester

[Snapp]

I believe it was stated in an earlier reply that the encounters and the targeting of Zoners and [TAZ] had been reduced drastically, and that most encounters now are just chance ones.

It also stands to reason that when/if the "machine alliance" gets thier own system/id they wouldnt be in others' space nearly as much, and therefore the encounters wouldnt be as often.

As for playing a Zoner just to avoid combat... Cmon now... This is a game filled with guns and big ships, if you want to avoid combat then play offline or atleast try not to go into known hostile areas... Sell the guns on your ship so your a non-combatant if thats the case... If someone attacks and kills an unarmed ship then they should be reported because thats just a low thing to do... I've gone without guns before and was left alone...