I just figure that Players are the 1% of badass pilots that exist in space. Like, most players could take on legions of NPCs without a sweat. It's when they meet another Ace (see: player) that the thing becomes an issue.
Also, if you're bad at PvP, you can just forum RP more I guess. Like I try to do.
EDIT: Also, in-game PvP has literally nothing to do with the storyline, most of the time. Remember KNF vs BAF? Like that mattered. Storyline > PvP.
EDIT2: Except for Storyline events, I suppose. Even then, they're mostly scripted out.